Recreate directory tree about htmlclean

[anseki]

Hi mathpere.
Thank you for your post.
I agree to your proposal. It's useful.
But htmlclean must know where the root of directory tree is. New option might have to be added.
I think more about it.

[mathpere]

Thanks for your feedback.
I don't understand why you would need new option.

For this given structure:

src
|--- index.html
|--- subfolder1
         |--- view1.html
         |--- view2.html

If I modify line 268 of htmlclean binary like this:

pair(paths[0] + (paths[0].substr(-1) !== '/' ? '/' : '') + '/**/*.html', output);

I create destination directory: mkdir www

And I execute this command: htmlclean src -o www

I get this structure:

www
|--- index.html
|--- view1.html
|--- view2.html

Could we use the exact same option by modifying the behavior when HTML files like view1.html, view2.html are not located at the root of src or am I wrong?

[anseki]

If you want only that behavior, htmlclean don't have to be modified. Just do htmlclean "src/**/*.html" -o www.

A subfolder1 directory is missing in www.
"recreate directory tree" you said. That is, subfolder1 must be made, right?

[anseki]

If the structure is:

src
|--- index.html
|--- subfolder1
|        |--- view1.html
|        |--- view2.html
|--- subfolder2
         |--- view1.html
         |--- view2.html

view1.html in www are mixed from subfolder1/view1.html and subfolder2/view1.html. view2.html too.

[mathpere]

Oh I'm sorry, my comment was not very clear.

By executing htmlclean src -o www I get this structure

www
|--- index.html
|--- view1.html
|--- view2.html

But I would like

www
|--- index.html
|--- subfolder1
         |--- view1.html
         |--- view2.html

So I confirm: htmlclean should first automatically create subfolder1 folder (e.g. mkdirp)

[anseki]

Yes, therefore, I think new option have to be added.
htmlclean must know where the root of directory tree is. htmlclean must be given the root via new option, when it can't presume the root.
In your sample, a subfolder1 directory missing in www. Then mkdir subfolder1 is needed. It's very simple. because it is clear that src is root.
But, actually, the paths that is given might be not root, or the plurality of those are mixed, maybe.
For example:

• src/content1/*.html (I want to make content1 directory in www.)
• src/@(content1|content2)/*.html
• src{1,2}
• project1/src (Don't make src directory in www.)

[anseki]

I rewrote. Please check new version 2.6.0.

The --root option was added.

• If you specify one root directory (even if it includes pattern) to input (like your sample), you have to do nothing. Because the specific directory is considered as the root.
• Note that if a directory is specified to the input, it is considered as directory/**/*.html. Not directory/*.html.

And, I close this issue. If there is problem, please reopen it.

[mathpere]

Not yet sure if this is an issue but when I execute this command: htmlclean src -o www

I get this following error Error: ENOENT, no such file or directory ''

[anseki]

Thank you for test.
Please check again in verbose mode.

htmlclean src -o www -v

And, permission of www is ok?

[anseki]

Sorry, I mistook...
I fixed it.
Please try v2.6.1.

[mathpere]

I tried version 2.6.2, it works like a charm, thank you!

[anseki]

Thank you for report 😀