foundations_cron.sh

#!/usr/bin/env bash
# Create practice courses, using the foundations.sh script, for all students
# enrolled in the Moodle Foundations (id=2116) course.
# Runs on a nightly schedule
export PATH="/opt/bitnami/php/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin:$PATH"
export TZ="America/Los_Angeles"
cd /bitnami/moodle || (echo "Error: unable to cd into /bitnami/moodle, does directory exist?" >&2 || exit)
# List of student usernames, ignoring test accounts
# ! `sed` must use extended regular expressions (-E)
FOUNDATIONS_ID=$(moosh -n course-list -i "shortname = 'Moodle-Foundations-101'")
if [[ -z "$FOUNDATIONS_ID" ]]; then
    echo "Error: unable to find Moodle Foundations course." >&2
    exit 1
fi
# omit test students even though these are usually in an EOI & not student role
STUDENTS=$(moosh -n user-list --course "${FOUNDATIONS_ID}" --course-role student \
    | cut -f 1 -d ' ' | sed -E '/^library-test-/d')
SANDBOXES_CATEGORY_ID=$(moosh -n category-list FOUNDATIONS | grep FOUNDATIONS | cut -f 1 -d ' ')

date
echo "Creating practice courses for Moodle Foundations. There are" "$(echo "${STUDENTS}" | wc -w)" "students."

for STUDENT in ${STUDENTS}; do
    /bitnami/moodle/admin/cca_cli/foundations.sh "${SANDBOXES_CATEGORY_ID}" "${STUDENT}"
done

# Run extensions practice course script as a sub-task
/bitnami/moodle/admin/cca_cli/exted_cron.sh

# see note at bottom of enrollment_cron.sh for explanation
find /opt/moodledata -user root -exec chown daemon {} \;

echo "$(date) - foundations script finished"
echo