19 -d, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
21 Initialize database and import genres list. Isn’t really needed as
22 the next script does all that too.
30 ml-import.py [-d] [file.inpx ...]
34 -d, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
36 Initialize database, import genres list and import a list of INPX files
37 listed in the command line. On subsequent runs doesn’t destroy DB or
38 reimport genres; it also skips already import books but import new ones.
46 ml-search.py [-d] [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] [-v] [-c] ...
48 Search through the database and display results. Currently can only
49 search authors by name.
53 -d, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
54 -i, --ignore-case ignore case (default is to guess)
55 -I, --case-sensitive don’t ignore case
56 -t, --start search type: substring at the start
58 -s, --substring search type: substring anywhere
59 -f, --full search type: match the full string
60 -c, --count Output count of found objects
61 -v, --verbose Output more details about found objects;
62 repeat for even more details
64 Options ``-i/-I`` cannot be used together as they are the opposite. In
65 case none of them are used the program guesses case-sensitivity by
66 looking at the arguments. If all arguments are lowercase the program
67 performs case-insensitive search. If there are UPPERCASE or MixedCase
68 arguments the program performs case-sensitive search.
70 Options ``-t/-s/-f`` define the search type. Search types are:
72 * start - search for substring at the start of the search field; for
73 example searching for "duck" returns results for "duck" and "duckling"
74 but not for "McDuck"; this is the default search type.
75 * substring - search for any substring; "duck" => "duck", "duckling",
76 "McDuck" (except for case-sensitive search, of course).
77 * full - search for exact match, compare the entire strings;
78 i.e. searching for "duck" returns results for "duck" but not for
87 ml-search.py author [-s surname] [-n name] [-m misc-name] [--id id] [fullname]
89 Search and print a list of authors by surname/name/misc name/full name.
93 -s, --surname surname Search by surname
94 -n, --name name Search by name
95 -m, --misc-name misc. name Search by misc. name
96 --id id Search by database id
100 ml-search.py -i author -s duck
102 Search and print a list of authors whose surname starts with "duck",
105 If a few options are given the search is limited with operator AND.
108 ml-search.py -i author -s duck -n mack
110 Search and print a list of authors whose surname starts with "duck" and
111 name starts with "mack", case insensitive.
113 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
116 Book searching and downloading
117 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
121 ml-search.py books [-t title] [-s series] [-a archive] [-f file] [-p path] [--get] [--get-many N] [--id id] [--surname name] [--name name] [--misc-name name] [--fullname name] [--aid aid] [-e ext] [--eid eid] [--gname name] [--gtitle title] [--gid gid] [-l lang] [--lid lid]
123 Search and print a list of books by title, series, archive or file name.
127 -t, --title title Search by title
128 -s, --series series Search by series
129 -a, --archive archive Search by archive (zip file)
130 -f, --file file Search by file name (without extension)
131 -p, --path path Path to the directory with the library
133 --get Download exactly one book
134 --get-many N Download at most this many books
135 --id id Search by database id
136 --surname surname Search by author’s surname
137 --name name Search by author’s name
138 --misc-name misc. name Search by author’s misc. name
139 --fullname name Search by author’s full name
140 --aid aid Search by author’s id
141 -e, --ext ext Search by file extension
142 --eid eid Search by extension’s id
143 --gname name Search by genre’s name
144 --gtitle title Search by genre’s title
145 --gid gid Search by genre’s id
146 -l, --lang lang Search by language
147 --lid lid Search by language’s id
149 By default the program prints only titles of the found book. With one
150 option `-v` it also prints database id, the list of authors and genres,
151 and also series the book belongs to (if any) and the serial number of
152 the book in the series. With two options `-v` (`-v -v` or simply `-vv`)
153 it also prints the file date and language. With three `-v` it prints
154 archive name, file name, extension and size, and flag if the book is
155 marked to be deleted.
157 Option `-p` provides the path to the directory with the library
158 archives. By default the path is extracted from `m_librarian.conf`,
159 section `[library]`, key `path`::
162 path = /var/lib/archives
164 The option is useful for multiple databases (global option `-d`).
166 Option `--get` allows to download a book from the library to a local
167 file. The option allows to download exactly one book. The simplest way
168 to use it is via option `--id`. The file is downloaded into the current
169 directory with the name from the library.
174 | format = %a/%s/%n %t
176 allows to set format for the download file pathname. Default format is
177 `%f`, i.e. just filename. Other format specifiers are::
179 %a - author (one of if many)
181 %f - file name in archive
182 %G - genre (one of if many), name
183 %g - genre (one of if many), title
185 %n - series number (or 0)
189 Format must not end in directory separator (`/` or `\\`). If specifier
190 `%e` (extension) is not found in the format it is appended
191 unconditionally with a dot. That is, format `%f` is equivalent to
194 Option `--get-many N` allows to download many books (at most N, where N
195 is an integer). Options `--get-many N` and `--get` are, of course,
196 mutually incompatible.
204 ml-search.py ext [name] [--id id]
208 --id id Search by database id
210 Search and print a list of extensions by name.
212 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
220 ml-search.py genres [-n name] [-t title] [--id id]
222 Search and print a list of genres by name and title.
226 -n, --name name Search by name
227 -t, --title title Search by title
228 --id id Search by database id
230 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
238 ml-search.py lang [name] [--id id]
240 Search and print a list of languages by name.
244 --id id Search by database id
246 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.