20 -D, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
22 Initialize database and import genres list. Isn’t really needed as
23 the next script does all that too.
31 ml-import.py [-D] [file.inpx ...]
35 -D, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
37 Initialize database, import genres list and import a list of INPX files
38 listed in the command line. On subsequent runs doesn’t destroy DB or
39 reimport genres; it also skips already import books but import new ones.
47 ml-search.py [-D] [-i] [-I] [-t] [-s] [-f] [-v] [-c] ...
49 Search through the database and display results. Currently can only
50 search authors by name.
54 -D, --database database Open this database by pathname/db uri
55 -i, --ignore-case ignore case (default is to guess)
56 -I, --case-sensitive don’t ignore case
57 -t, --start search type: substring at the start
59 -s, --substring search type: substring anywhere
60 -f, --full search type: match the full string
61 -c, --count Output count of found objects
62 -v, --verbose Output more details about found objects;
63 repeat for even more details
65 Options ``-i/-I`` cannot be used together as they are the opposite. In
66 case none of them are used the program guesses case-sensitivity by
67 looking at the arguments. If all arguments are lowercase the program
68 performs case-insensitive search. If there are UPPERCASE or MixedCase
69 arguments the program performs case-sensitive search.
71 Options ``-t/-s/-f`` define the search type. Search types are:
73 * start - search for substring at the start of the search field; for
74 example searching for "duck" returns results for "duck" and "duckling"
75 but not for "McDuck"; this is the default search type.
76 * substring - search for any substring; "duck" => "duck", "duckling",
77 "McDuck" (except for case-sensitive search, of course).
78 * full - search for exact match, compare the entire strings;
79 i.e. searching for "duck" returns results for "duck" but not for
88 ml-search.py author [-s surname] [-n name] [-m misc-name] [--id id] [fullname]
90 Search and print a list of authors by surname/name/misc name/full name.
94 -s, --surname surname Search by surname
95 -n, --name name Search by name
96 -m, --misc-name misc. name Search by misc. name
97 --id id Search by database id
101 ml-search.py -i author -s duck
103 Search and print a list of authors whose surname starts with "duck",
106 If a few options are given the search is limited with operator AND.
109 ml-search.py -i author -s duck -n mack
111 Search and print a list of authors whose surname starts with "duck" and
112 name starts with "mack", case insensitive.
114 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
117 Book searching and downloading
118 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
122 ml-search.py books [-t title] [-s series] [-a archive] [-f file] [--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] [-P path] [-F format] [--get] [--get-many N]
124 Search and print a list of books by title, series, archive or file name.
128 -t, --title title Search by title
129 -s, --series series Search by series
130 -a, --archive archive Search by archive (zip file)
131 -f, --file file Search by file name (without extension)
132 --id id Search by database id
133 --surname surname Search by author’s surname
134 --name name Search by author’s name
135 --misc-name misc. name Search by author’s misc. name
136 --fullname name Search by author’s full name
137 --aid aid Search by author’s id
138 -e, --ext ext Search by file extension
139 --eid eid Search by extension’s id
140 --gname name Search by genre’s name
141 --gtitle title Search by genre’s title
142 --gid gid Search by genre’s id
143 -l, --lang lang Search by language
144 --lid lid Search by language’s id
145 -P, --path path Path to the directory with the library
147 -F, --format format Format of the downloaded file name
148 --get Download exactly one book
149 --get-many N Download at most this many books
151 By default the program prints only titles of the found book. With one
152 option `-v` it also prints database id, the list of authors and genres,
153 and also series the book belongs to (if any) and the serial number of
154 the book in the series. With two options `-v` (`-v -v` or simply `-vv`)
155 it also prints the file date and language. With three `-v` it prints
156 archive name, file name, extension and size, and flag if the book is
157 marked to be deleted.
159 Option `-P` provides the path to the directory with the library
160 archives. By default the path is extracted from `m_librarian.conf`,
161 section `[library]`, key `path`::
164 path = /var/lib/archives
166 The option is useful for multiple databases (global option `-D`).
168 Option `--get` allows to download a book from the library to a local
169 file. The option allows to download exactly one book. The simplest way
170 to use it is via option `--id`. The file is downloaded into the current
171 directory with the name from the library.
176 | format = %a/%s/%n %t
178 allows to set format for the download file pathname. Default format is
179 `%f`, i.e. just filename. Other format specifiers are::
181 %a - author (one of if many)
183 %f - file name in archive
184 %G - genre (one of if many), name
185 %g - genre (one of if many), title
187 %n - series number (or 0)
191 Format must not end in directory separator (`/` or `\\`). If specifier
192 `%e` (extension) is not found in the format it is appended
193 unconditionally with a dot. That is, format `%f` is equivalent to
196 Option `-F|--format format` allows to overwrite this configuration value.
198 Option `--get-many N` allows to download many books (at most N, where N
199 is an integer). Options `--get-many N` and `--get` are, of course,
200 mutually incompatible.
208 ml-search.py ext [name] [--id id]
212 --id id Search by database id
214 Search and print a list of extensions by name.
216 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
224 ml-search.py genres [-n name] [-t title] [--id id]
226 Search and print a list of genres by name and title.
230 -n, --name name Search by name
231 -t, --title title Search by title
232 --id id Search by database id
234 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.
242 ml-search.py lang [name] [--id id]
244 Search and print a list of languages by name.
248 --id id Search by database id
250 With one option `-v` it also prints database id.