Index: /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_parser_run.pl
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--- /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_parser_run.pl	(revision 24960)
+++ /trunk/pstamp/scripts/pstamp_parser_run.pl	(revision 24961)
@@ -13,4 +13,5 @@
 use Getopt::Long qw( GetOptions );
 use File::Basename qw( basename dirname);
+use POSIX qw( strftime );
 
 my $req_id;
@@ -74,8 +75,13 @@
 }
 
-# workdir is where we download request files to and place any error output from the parser
+# workdir is where all of the files generated for this request are placed
 # NOTE: this location needs to be kept in sync with the web interface ( request.php )
-my $workdir = "$pstamp_workdir/$req_id";
-
+my $datestr = strftime "%Y%m%d", gmtime;
+my $datedir = "$pstamp_workdir/$datestr";
+if (! -e $datedir ) {
+    mkdir $datedir or die "failed to create working directory $datedir for request id $req_id";
+}
+
+my $workdir = "$datedir/$req_id";
 if (! -e $workdir ) {
     mkdir $workdir or die "failed to create working directory $workdir for request id $req_id";