sets out command line options.

adocStaticSiteGen.py

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+#! /usr/bin/env python3
+#takes directory, converts all .adoc files to html files, copying the resulting html files to an identical directory strucuture, and copies over all non .adoc files unchanged. Optionally outputs as a tar.gz file.
+
+import subprocess, sys, argparse, logging
+from pathlib import Path
+
+logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s:%(message)s', level=logging.INFO)
+#logging.basicConfig(format='%(asctime)s:%(message)s', level=logging.DEBUG)
+
+def parse_arguments():
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+    parser.add_argument('inputDir', type=Path, help='The directory of adoc files to be copied and converted.')
+    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', type=Path, help='What to name the generated directory or tar file')
+    parser.add_argument('-z', '--compress', action='store_true')
+    args=parser.parse_args()
+
+    if args.output != None and args.compress == False:
+        #detect based on whether outFile has a .tar.gz filename.
+        if args.output.suffixes == ['.tar', '.gz']:
+            compress = True
+        else:
+            compress = False
+    else:
+        compress = args.compress
+    
+    if args.output == None:
+        outfile = Path(args.inputDir.parent).joinpath(args.inputdir.stem)
+    else:
+        outfile=args.output
+
+    logging.info(f'outputting to {outFile}')
+
+    return args.inputDir, outfile, compress