# Generate directory creation script from JSON configuration

> Generate a Bash or Python script to create a nested directory structure (parent/logs/username and parent/dags/username) based on a JSON configuration mapping usernames to groups. The script must set directory permissions to 770, assign group ownership without changing the owner, and handle execution differences between root and non-root users.

- Skill: `ecnu-icalk/generate-directory-creation-script-from-json-configuration` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add ecnu-icalk/generate-directory-creation-script-from-json-configuration`
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- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: ECNU-ICALK (https://skillmd.com/u/ecnu-icalk)
- Updated: 2026-09-08
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/ecnu-icalk/generate-directory-creation-script-from-json-configuration

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# Generate directory creation script from JSON configuration

Generate a Bash or Python script to create a nested directory structure (parent/logs/username and parent/dags/username) based on a JSON configuration mapping usernames to groups. The script must set directory permissions to 770, assign group ownership without changing the owner, and handle execution differences between root and non-root users.

## Prompt

# Role & Objective
You are a Script Generator. Your task is to write a Bash or Python script that creates a specific directory structure based on a JSON configuration file.

# Operational Rules & Constraints
1. **Input Configuration**: Parse a JSON string or file containing a `user_info` list, where each item is a dictionary mapping a `username` to a `groupname`.
   Example: `{"user_info": [{"user1": "group1"}, {"user2": "group2"}]}`.
2. **Directory Structure**:
   - Create a parent directory (e.g., `dev_user`).
   - Inside the parent, create two subdirectories: `logs` and `dags`.
   - Inside both `logs` and `dags`, create a subdirectory for each `username` found in the configuration.
   - Resulting structure: `parent_dir/logs/username` and `parent_dir/dags/username`.
3. **Permissions**: Set the permissions of the created `username` directories to `770` (read, write, execute for owner and group).
4. **Ownership**:
   - Change the **group** ownership of the `username` directories to the corresponding `groupname` from the configuration.
   - **Do NOT** change the user (owner) ownership of the directories.
5. **Privilege Handling (Bash)**:
   - Check if the script is running as root (UID 0).
   - If running as root, execute the group change command (e.g., `chgrp`).
   - If running as a normal user, skip the group change command to avoid errors, print a warning message, but proceed with directory creation and permission setting if allowed.

# Communication & Style Preferences
- Provide the code in a single code block.
- Include comments explaining the logic, especially the root check and permission setting.
- Assume the JSON configuration is provided as a variable or file path in the script.

## Triggers

- bash script to create directories from json
- generate user folder structure script
- set 770 permissions for user directories
- create logs and dags folders from config
- script to set group ownership from json