Upload Archives

This module was created to preserve filenames of uploaded documents. When a file is uploaded through Drupal, a folder is created with the filename and a subfolder with the file's timestamp. The file is moved into this folder and renamed to the value stored in the filename attribute.

Requirements

• File Entity

Configuration

The module can be configured at /admin/config/media/upload_archives.

There are two options available for configuration:

• Upload Archives directory name: an optional subdirectory of public:// or private:// where files managed by Upload Archives will be stored.
• Timestamp format: Whether subdirectories should be labelled with a formatted datetime string or a raw timestamp.

Function

This module's functionality is largely provided by two hooks:

hook_file_update:

1. Creates a directory from the file's filename attribute, replacing periods with underscores.
2. Creates a subdirectory with either a formatted datetime string from the file's timestamp attribute (YYYY-MM-DD_HHh-MMm-SSs) or the raw timestamp.
3. Moves the file into the datetime subdirectory and renames it with the filename attribute (preferred name).

hook_file_delete:

1. Checks if the file being deleted is located in a folder that shares its filename.
2. After the file is deleted, the hook removes the associated datetime directory.
3. If the filename directory is now empty, it is also deleted.