Completed script that manages and builds jekyll site.

.gitignore

@@ -4,3 +4,4 @@ documentation/
 PlotDigitizer.jar
 jpeglib.h
 nbconvert/
+sketch/

chrome-with-tabs.sh

@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ d="https://keep.google.com/keep/"
 # open shiny sample-matrix
 # find current port number by reading shiny.port file
 PORT=$(</home/taha/chepec/chetex/sample-matrix/shinyapp/shiny.port)
-s="localhost:$PORT"
+s="http://localhost:$PORT"
 
 google-chrome $a $b $c $d $s
 

jekyll-chepec.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+function show_help {
+	echo "Usage: jekyll-chepec.sh [OPTION]..."
+	echo "Update, sync and rebuild jekyll blog on damietta"
+	echo ""
+	echo "Give no arguments at all to make this script run everything"
+	echo "-c			convert *.Rmd files in _knitr/ to *.md files in _posts/"
+	echo "-o			overwrite existing *.md files if necessary"
+	echo "-s			sync the jekyll directories locally and on damietta"
+	echo "-b			build the live jekyll site on damietta"
+	echo "-h			show this help"
+}
+
+
+# Three cases:
+# 1. convert new/existing *.Rmd to *.md, with option to overwrite existing *.md
+# 2. sync the jekyll website directory (for that, we use unison)
+# 3. build the site (on the server)
+# Note that the actions must be done in order, so if the user chooses case 2., 1. is executed first, then 2.
+# Likewise, if the user chooses case 3., 1. and 2. are executed first.
+
+
+# A POSIX variable
+# Reset in case getopts has been used previously in the shell.
+OPTIND=1         
+
+
+# initialise flags here
+# convert new *.Rmd --> *.md?
+convert=false
+# convert existing *.md files as well?
+overwrite_md=false
+# sync jekyll directory?
+unison_sync=false
+# build jekyll site?
+buildsite=false
+
+
+# To do everything, the user could set all the flags (commmand-line options),
+# but to make life a little easier, this script will interpret _no arguments_
+# as "run everything"
+if [ $# -eq 0 ] ; then
+	convert=true
+	overwrite_md=true
+	unison_sync=true
+	buildsite=true
+fi
+
+
+while getopts "h?cosb" opt; do
+	case $opt in
+		c)
+			convert=true
+			;;
+		o)	
+			overwrite_md=true
+			;;
+		s)
+			unison_sync=true
+			;;
+		b)
+			buildsite=true
+			;;
+		h|\?)
+			show_help
+			exit 0
+	esac
+done
+
+
+shift $((OPTIND-1))
+
+
+#### 1. convert new/existing *.Rmd to *.md
+# use the function KnitPost() from the R-script render_post
+if [ "$convert" = true ] ; then
+	echo ">>>> jc: Converting RMarkdown to Markdown (overwrite = $overwrite_md)"
+	if [ "$overwrite_md" = true ] ; then
+		Rscript -e "source('/home/taha/jekyll/chepec/_knitr/render_post.R'); KnitPost(overwrite=TRUE)"
+	else 
+		Rscript -e "source('/home/taha/jekyll/chepec/_knitr/render_post.R'); KnitPost()"
+	fi
+fi
+
+
+#### 2. sync the jekyll website directory
+# sync local jekyll folder with damietta
+if [ "$unison_sync" = true ] ; then
+	echo ">>>> jc: Syncing jekyll folder"
+	unison jekyll-chepec -auto
+fi
+
+
+#### 3. build the site (on the server)
+if [ "$buildsite" = true ] ; then
+	echo ">>>> jc: Building site on damietta"	
+	# runs the build-jchepec.sh script (note that the path is local on damietta)
+	# this line is fubar and needs to be fixed or circumvented
+	ssh damietta bash --login -c /home/taha/jekyll/build-jchepec.sh
+fi
+
+
+# give the user a summary
+# -- good idea, but do it better
+#if [ "$buildsite" = true ] ; then
+#	echo ">>>> jc: Synced and built jekyll site (overwrite = $overwrite)"
+#else
+#	echo ">>>> jc: Synced jekyll folder (overwrite = $overwrite)"
+#fi
+
+
+
+
+