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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Process ebooks (unzip or unrar) and put them into calibre.
+#
+# Either drop files as arguments to this script on the command line
+# or run it as is, where it'll pick up the most recent files (defined by 
+# age) in your ebook directory and add them to calibre.
+#
+import glob, fileinput, os, re, shutil, subprocess, sys, tempfile, time
+import rarfile, zipfile
+
+ebook_dir = "~/Downloads/xchat"
+age = time.time() - 5*60*60 # 5 hours
+
+books=[]
+if len(sys.argv) > 1:
+    for arg in sys.argv[1:]:
+        books.append(arg)
+else:
+    ebook_dir = os.path.expanduser(ebook_dir)
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(ebook_dir):
+	for file in files:
+	    if re.search('.(rar|zip|epub|mobi|lit|html)(.\d+)?', file):
+                try:
+                    if os.path.getmtime(file) >= age:
+        	        books.append(os.path.join(root, file))
+                except OSError:
+                    pass
+
+
+for book in books:
+    print "Processing " + book + "..."
+    next
+    # create temp dir
+    tmp=tempfile.mkdtemp()
+    # unrar or unzip into temp dir
+    if re.search('.rar', book):
+        # unrar
+        archive = rarfile.RarFile(book)
+        archive.extractall(tmp)
+    elif re.search('.zip', book):
+        # unzip
+        archive = zipfile.ZipFile(book)
+        archive.extractall(tmp)
+    elif re.search('.(epub|mobi|lit|html)', book):
+        # copy book into tmp
+        shutil.copy(book, tmp)
+    # find epub, mobi or lit and import into calibre
+    for root, dirs, files in os.walk(tmp):
+	for file in files:
+            if re.search('.(epub|mobi|lit|html)$', file):
+                try:
+                    subprocess.call(["calibredb", "add", os.path.join(root, file)])
+                except Exception, e:
+                    print e
+                    pass
+    # cleanup
+    shutil.rmtree(tmp)
+
+# vim: set expandtab shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 :
+
+