new_contents: '''
  Created on Mon Nov 23 12:56:34 2015
  @author: HarshSharma12
  
  Updates the status in Pidgin with a quote
  from quotes.txt file on a daily basis.
  
  Updates only betwwen 8 AM and 3 PM
  '''
  
  #!/usr/local/bin/python2.7
  
  import os
  import subprocess as sp
  import random
  import time
  # Kill any open pidgin instances
  if(8<time.localtime()[3]<15):
  	os.system("TASKKILL /F /IM pidgin.exe")
  
  
  	# Get the quote from the file 
  
  	fname = 'quotes.txt'
  	fid = open(fname, 'r');
  	quote = str(fid.readline())[1:-2]
  	by = str(fid.readline())[2:-1]
  	status = '&amp;quot;'+ quote + '&amp;quot;&lt;br&gt; - ' + by;
  	others = fid.readlines();
  	fid.close()
  
  
  	# Remove the used quote from the file
  	fid = open('quotes.txt', 'w');
  	for l in others[1:]:
  		fid.write(l)
  	fid.close()
  
  
  	# Put the used quote in history.txt file
  	hist = open('history.txt', 'a')
  	print quote+' - ' + by
  	hist.write('&amp;quot;' + quote + '&amp;quot;\n- ' + by + '\n\n')
  	hist.close()
  
  	''' 
  	Not a good way to do.
  	To do correctly add a new with epoch timestamps
  	and update line 30 of prefs.xml
  	'''
  	statusFile = open('status.xml', 'r');
  	statusData = statusFile.readlines()
  	statusData[5] = '\t\t<message>'+ status + '</message>\n'
  	statusData[9] = '\t\t<message>'+ status + '</message>\n'
  	epochTime = statusData[3][54:64]
  	print type(epochTime)
  	statusFile.close()
  	with open('C:\Users\harshs\AppData\Roaming\.purple\status.xml', 'w') as statusFile:
  		statusFile.writelines(statusData)
  		
  	#Verify prefs.xml
  	prefsFile = open('prefs.xml','r')
  	prefsData = prefsFile.readlines()
  	prefsFile.close()
  	
  	if(prefsData[29][42:52]!=epochTime):
  		prefsList = list(prefsData[29])
  		prefsList[42:52]=list(epochTime)
  		prefsData[29]=''.join(prefsList)
  		with open('C:\Users\harshs\AppData\Roaming\.purple\prefs.xml', 'w') as prefsFile:
  			prefsFile.writelines(prefsData)
  		
  		
  
  
  print 'Launching Pidgin'
  os.startfile('C:\Program Files (x86)\Pidgin\pidgin.exe')
  
  
  print '------------DONE------------'
  
  if (len(others) < 2):
  	print "Please update the quotes in the file."
  	programName = "notepad.exe"
  	fileName = "C:\Users\harshs\AppData\Roaming\.purple\\" + fname
  	sp.Popen([programName, fileName])
  
  
subject: Create pidginStatusChanger.py