3 files changed, 62 insertions(+), 17 deletions(-)

M README.md
M epub-create
M epub-create.1

@@ 6,7 6,7 @@ EPUB-CREATE(1) - General Commands Manual
 
 # SYNOPSIS
 
-**epub-create** \[**-o** cover] *dir*
+**epub-create** \[**-i**] \[**-o** cover] *dir*
 
 # DESCRIPTION
 


@@ 14,7 14,7 @@ EPUB-CREATE(1) - General Commands Manual
 is a simple POSIX shell script for creating an EPUB document from a
 directory containing non-binary files.
 
-When run,
+When run on a directory for the first time,
 **epub-create**
 will ask for the document title, authors, language and publication ID.
 Pressing ENTER at any prompt will result in a default value being


@@ 25,6 25,13 @@ used; the defaults are
 and
 "\[unknown]",
 respectively.
+
+The values are then saved in
+*dir*/.conf,
+which will provide their values for future runs, unless the
+**-i**
+option is specified.
+
 **epub-create**
 will then start
 `EDITOR`


@@ 63,6 70,12 @@ zip(1).
 
 # OPTIONS
 
+**-i**
+
+> Interactive: ask user for title, author, etc. even if already
+> specified in
+> *dir*/.conf.
+
 **-o** cover
 
 > Generate a cover page with document title and author(s).

@@ 17,11 17,14 @@ then
     exit 1
 fi
 
-USAGE='Usage: epub-create [-o cover] dir'
+USAGE='Usage: epub-create [-i] [-o cover] dir'
 
-while getopts o: OPT
+while getopts io: OPT
 do
     case "${OPT}" in
+        i)
+            INTERACTIVE=yes
+            ;;
         o)
             if [ -z "${OPTARG}" ]
             then


@@ 102,19 105,36 @@ FIN
 
 }
 
+if [ -f "${DIR}/.conf" ] && [ ! "${INTERACTIVE}" ]
+then
+    . "${DIR}/.conf"
+else
 
-printf %s 'Title? '
-read -r TITLE
-: "${TITLE:='A Document'}"
-printf %s 'Authors? '
-read -r AUTHORS
-: "${AUTHORS:='[unknown]'}"
-printf %s 'Language? '
-read -r DOC_LANG
-: "${DOC_LANG:='en'}"
-printf %s 'Publication ID? '
-read -r PUB_ID
-: "${PUB_ID:='[unknown]'}"
+    printf %s 'Title? '
+    read -r TITLE
+    : "${TITLE:='A Document'}"
+    printf %s 'Authors? '
+    read -r AUTHORS
+    : "${AUTHORS:='[unknown]'}"
+    printf %s 'Language? '
+    read -r DOC_LANG
+    : "${DOC_LANG:='en'}"
+    printf %s 'Publication ID? '
+    read -r PUB_ID
+    : "${PUB_ID:='[unknown]'}"
+
+    if [ -f "${DIR}/.conf" ]
+    then
+        rm -f "${DIR}/.conf"
+    fi
+    cat >> "${DIR}/.conf" << FIN
+TITLE="${TITLE}"
+AUTHORS="${AUTHORS}"
+DOC_LANG="${DOC_LANG}"
+PUB_ID="${PUB_ID}"
+FIN
+
+fi
 
 FILES=$(ls -1 "${DIR}")
 TMP_DIR="$(mktemp -d)"

@@ 6,6 6,7 @@
 .Nd simple shell script for creating EPUB documents
 .Sh SYNOPSIS
 .Nm
+.Op Fl i
 .Op Fl o No cover
 .Ar dir
 .Sh DESCRIPTION


@@ 13,7 14,7 @@
 is a simple POSIX shell script for creating an EPUB document from a
 directory containing non-binary files.
 .Pp
-When run,
+When run on a directory for the first time,
 .Nm
 will ask for the document title, authors, language and publication ID.
 Pressing ENTER at any prompt will result in a default value being


@@ 24,6 25,13 @@ used; the defaults are
 and
 .Dq [unknown] ,
 respectively.
+.Pp
+The values are then saved in
+.Ar dir Ns / Ns .conf ,
+which will provide their values for future runs, unless the
+.Fl i
+option is specified.
+.Pp
 .Nm
 will then start
 .Ev EDITOR


@@ 61,6 69,10 @@ and
 .Xr zip 1 .
 .Sh OPTIONS
 .Bl -tag -width x
+.It Fl i
+Interactive: ask user for title, author, etc. even if already
+specified in
+.Ar dir Ns / Ns .conf .
 .It Fl o No cover
 Generate a cover page with document title and author(s).
 .El