Index: shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py
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diff -u -r8ad5f306455a57670d4ab09c409c3d2941194e46 -r8a47faf40db724c9f1360b5e5579530410ee86ca
--- shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 8ad5f306455a57670d4ab09c409c3d2941194e46)
+++ shared/scripts/configuration/utility.py	(.../utility.py)	(revision 8a47faf40db724c9f1360b5e5579530410ee86ca)
@@ -8,18 +8,45 @@
 # @file    utils.py
 #
 # @author  (last)        LTTS 
-# @date    (last)      15-Jan-2022
+# @date    (last)      08-July-2022
 #
 ############################################################################
 
-
+import os
 import names
 import test
 import object
 import squish
+import glob
 from configuration import config
 from builtins import int as pyInt
+
     
+CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_LOCATION = '/home/denali/Desktop/cloudsync/credentials'
+CLOUD_SYNC_LOG_LOCATION = '/home/denali/Desktop/sd-card/cloudsync'
+
+PEM_FILES = ['1.pem', '2.pem', '3.pem' ]
+
+
+def get_current_date_and_time(date_format='%Y/%b/%d - %H:%M:%S'):
+
+    date = datetime.now()
+    return str(date.strftime(date_format))
+
+
+def append_cloudsync_credentials_file():
+    
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_LOCATION, exist_ok = True)
+        test.log("Directory created successfully")
+        for file_handler in range(len(PEM_FILES)):
+            path = os.path.join(CLOUD_CREDENTIALS_LOCATION, PEM_FILES[file_handler]) 
+            with open(path, 'w') as file_reader:
+                pass
+        
+    except OSError as error:
+        test.log("Directory  can not be created")
+        
 def get_extracted_file_inp_buf():
     """
     This function is the handler for getting file from cloudsync folder. 
@@ -37,3 +64,4 @@
     except:
         test.fail("input buf file is not created during application interaction")
         return False   
+    
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