Instead of bailing out, create directory and copy files

eoatex2imxml.py

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2018-04-23 10:06:41 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2018-05-31 12:25:32 (kthoden)>
 
 # license?
 __version__= "1.0"
@@ -58,6 +58,11 @@
 # run biber_2.1 -O biber2-1n.bbl $INPUT to obtain this file
 BIBERFILE = "biber2-1.bbl"
 
+########################
+# Constant directories #
+########################
+CONVERT_DIR = os.getcwd() + os.path.sep + "CONVERT"
+
 ##################################
 # Reading the configuration file #
 ##################################
@@ -356,7 +361,7 @@ def cleanup():
 # Checking for existance of tools and libraries #
 #################################################
 if not os.path.exists(TRALICS_PATH_LIB):
-    print ("Cannot find the Tralics configuration at %s. Exiting." % TRALICS_PATH_LIB)
+    print("Cannot find the Tralics configuration at %s. Exiting." % TRALICS_PATH_LIB)
     sys.exit()
 
 ##################################
@@ -371,15 +376,26 @@ def cleanup():
     os.mkdir(os.getcwd() + "/debug")
 
 # Check for folder and necessary files
-if not os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + "/CONVERT"):
-    print ("Das notwendige Verzeichnis CONVERT wurde noch nicht erstellt.")
-    sys.exit()
-if not os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + "/CONVERT/cover.jpg"):
-    print ("Die Datei cover.jpg im Verzeichnis CONVERT fehlt.")
-    sys.exit()
-if not os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + "/CONVERT/publication.cfg"):
-    print ("Die Datei publication.cfg im Verzeichnis CONVERT fehlt.")
-    sys.exit()
+if not os.path.exists(CONVERT_DIR):
+    print("The directory CONVERT has not been created yet. Creating it for you")
+    time.sleep(1)
+    os.makedirs(CONVERT_DIR)
+if not os.path.exists(CONVERT_DIR + os.path.sep + "publication.cfg"):
+    print("The publication.cfg file is missing in CONVERT directory.")
+    if os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + os.path.sep + "publication.cfg"):
+        shutil.copy("publication.cfg", CONVERT_DIR)
+        print("Copied from current directory.")
+    else:
+        print("Found no publication.cfg. Exiting")
+        sys.exit()
+if not os.path.exists(CONVERT_DIR + os.path.sep + "cover.jpg"):
+    print("The file Cover.jpg in CONVERT directory is missing.")
+    if os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + os.path.sep + "Cover.jpg"):
+        shutil.copy("Cover.jpg", CONVERT_DIR + os.path.sep + "cover.jpg")
+        print("Copied from current directory.")
+    else:
+        print("No coverfile found. You can create a temporary one with the mkimage.py script")
+        sys.exit()
 # if os.path.exists(os.getcwd() + "/pre_xml.tex") == False:
 #     print ("pre_xml fehlt")
 #     sys.exit()
@@ -1295,8 +1311,8 @@ def cleanup():
             form_cit = BeautifulSoup(formatted_citations, "html.parser")
 
     for xmlChapter in xmlChapters:
-        print ("-----------------------------------------------------")
-        print ("Processing References for Chapter " + str(intChapterNumber))
+        print("-----------------------------------------------------")
+        print("Processing References for Chapter " + str(intChapterNumber))
         xmlCitations = xmlChapter.xpath(".//EOAciteauthoryear | .//EOAciteyear | .//EOAcitemanual")
 
         if bib_type == "anthology":