archive update (with location specified in local-config.ini) and small updates of links

code/utils/utils.py

@@ -146,12 +146,12 @@ def determine_latest_last_modified_date(folder):
     return latest_last_modified
 
 
-def subprocess_run(cmd, display=True):
+def subprocess_run(cmd, display=True, shell=False, env={}):
     """
     Runs a cmd via subprocess and displays the std output in case of success or the std error output in case of failure
     where it also stops execution.
     """
-    result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE)
+    result = subprocess.run(cmd, stdout=subprocess.PIPE, stderr=subprocess.PIPE, shell=shell, env=dict(os.environ, **env))
     if result.returncode:
         if display:
             print("error {} in call {}".format(result.returncode, cmd))