reverse sort and force behavior change

web/SimpleWebPage.py

@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ try:
 except ImportError:
     MARKDOWN_AVAILABLE = False
 
-VERSION = "20211002"
+VERSION = "20211012"
 IMAGE_EXTENSIONS = ["png", "gif", "jpg", "jpeg", "tif", "tiff"]
 AUDIO_EXTENSIONS = ["wav", "mp3", "ogg"]
 VIDEO_EXTENSIONS = ["mp4", "ogg", "webm"]
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ SAFE_OPTS = (
     "media",
     "includes",
     "no_readme",
+    "reverse"
 )
 
 
@@ -41,14 +42,14 @@ def setup():
     from argparse import ArgumentParser
 
     parser = ArgumentParser(
-        epilog="Recursively generate indexes: \n# find . -type d -not -path '*/.*' -exec SimpleWebPage -f \{\} \;"
+        epilog="Recursively generate indexes: \n# find . -type d -not -path '*/.*' -exec SimpleWebPage \{\} \;"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
-        "-f",
+        "-f","--force",
         action="store_true",
         dest="overwrite",
         default=False,
-        help="Overwrite existing index file, even if it's not generated with SimpleWebPage. By default, if file is generated with SimpleWebPage it will be overwritten!",
+        help="Overwrite existing index file, even if it's not generated with SimpleWebPage. By default, if file is generated with SimpleWebPage it will be overwritten! This option will _not_ read existing config, but will replace it with command line switches.",
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "-H",
@@ -97,7 +98,14 @@ def setup():
         action="store_true",
         dest="recursive",
         default=False,
-        help="Include all files recursively in the list. Do not include any folders.",
+        help="Include all files recursively in the list. Folders are not shown as links.",
+    )
+    parser.add_argument(
+        "--reverse",
+        action="store_true",
+        dest="reverse",
+        default=False,
+        help="Reverse sort"
     )
     parser.add_argument(
         "--images",
@@ -157,8 +165,9 @@ def setup2JSON(opts):
     return json.dumps(setup2safe(opts))
 
 
-def HTML2setup(opts):
+def HTML2setup(opts, overwrite):
-    """ returns new opts and was it able to read HTML """
+    """ returns new opts and was it able to read HTML, if overwriting, do not update config """
+
     try:
         read_config = False
         with open(os.path.join(opts.path, opts.filename), "rt") as f:
@@ -168,9 +177,12 @@ def HTML2setup(opts):
                     config = json.loads(content[9:])
                     for key in config:
                         if key in SAFE_OPTS:
-                            setattr(opts, key, config[key])
+                            if not overwrite:
+                               setattr(opts, key, config[key])
                     read_config = True
-                    print("Read options from existing " + opts.filename)
+                    if not overwrite:
+                        print("Read options from existing " + opts.filename)
+                        print("Command line switches are not used.")
                     break
         return (opts, read_config)
     except Exception as e:
@@ -212,7 +224,7 @@ def generate_index(opts):
         opts.password_filename = opts.filename
         opts.filename = generate_password_page(path, opts.filename, opts.password)
     if opts.filename in files:
-        opts, existing_config = HTML2setup(opts)
+        opts, existing_config = HTML2setup(opts, opts.overwrite)
         if not existing_config and not opts.overwrite:
             print(
                 opts.filename
@@ -226,8 +238,8 @@ def generate_index(opts):
     files = [f for f in files if f != opts.password_filename]
     files = match_files(files, opts.includes)
     dirs = match_files(dirs, opts.includes)
-    dirs.sort()
+    dirs.sort(reverse = opts.reverse)
-    files.sort()
+    files.sort(reverse = opts.reverse)
     files.sort(key=lambda x: x.find("/") > 0)
     readme = get_readme(path, opts.no_readme)
     with open(os.path.join(path, opts.filename), "wt") as f: