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Converts flat html files into a directory structure with index.html
/**
* Converts a flat file structure like:
* about.html, features.html, blog.html
* into
* features/index.html, about/index.html, blog/index.html
* Usage: node cleaner.js or node cleaner.js watch
*/
const fs = require("fs")
const watchDir = "./src"
const destDir = "./docs"
const args = process.argv
if (args && args.includes("watch")) {
console.log("Watching for File Changes")
// if you want to watch a source dir
fs.watch(
watchDir, {
recursive: true,
},
(event, filename) => {
if (filename) {
console.log(`${filename} file Changed`)
processFiles()
}
}
)
} else {
processFiles()
}
function processFiles() {
// read the output dir
const files = fs.readdirSync(destDir)
// if the file name is not index.html
// create a folder, move that file into it, and rename it to index.html
for (const file of files) {
if (file.includes(".html") && file !== "index.html") {
const fileName = file.split(".")[0]
if (!fs.existsSync(`${destDir}/${fileName}`)) {
fs.mkdirSync(`${destDir}/${fileName}`)
}
fs.copyFileSync(`${destDir}/${file}`, `${destDir}/${fileName}/index.html`)
}
}
}
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