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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2017 J.F.Dockes
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+from __future__ import print_function
+
+import sys
+import os
+import shutil
+import conftree
+import subprocess
+import time
+import copy
+
+from uprclutils import uplog
+
+def _initconfdir(confdir, topdirs):
+    if os.path.exists(confdir):
+        raise Exception("_initconfdir: exists already: %s" % confdir)
+    os.mkdir(confdir)
+    datadir = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "rclconfig")
+    uplog("datadir: %s" % datadir)
+    shutil.copyfile(os.path.join(datadir, "fields"),
+                    os.path.join(confdir, "fields"))
+    f = open(os.path.join(confdir, "recoll.conf"), "w")
+    f.write("topdirs=%s\n" % topdirs)
+    f.write("idxabsmlen=0\n")
+    f.write("loglevel=2\n")
+    f.close()
+
+_idxproc = None
+_lastidxstatus = None
+
+def runindexer(confdir, topdirs):
+    global _idxproc, _lastidxstatus
+    if _idxproc is not None:
+        raise Exception("uprclrunindexer: already running")
+
+    if not os.path.isdir(confdir):
+        if os.path.exists(confdir):
+            raise Exception("Exists and not directory: %s" % confdir)
+        _initconfdir(confdir, topdirs)
+    else:
+        cf = conftree.ConfSimple(os.path.join(confdir, "recoll.conf"),
+                                 readonly = False)
+        td = cf.get("topdirs", '')
+        if td != topdirs:
+            cf.set("topdirs", topdirs)
+
+    env = copy.deepcopy(os.environ)
+    env["HOME"] = confdir
+    _idxproc = subprocess.Popen(["recollindex", "-c", confdir])
+
+def indexerdone():
+    global _idxproc, _lastidxstatus
+    if _idxproc is None:
+        return True
+    _lastidxstatus = _idxproc.poll()
+    if _lastidxstatus is None:
+        return False
+    _idxproc = None
+    return True
+
+def indexerstatus():
+    return _lastidxstatus
+    
+
+
+# Only used for testing
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    if len(sys.argv) != 3:
+        print("Usage: uprclindex.py <confdir> <topdirs>", file=sys.stderr)
+        sys.exit(1)
+    runindexer(sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2])
+    while True:
+        if indexerdone():
+            uplog("Indexing done, status: %d" % indexerstatus())
+            sys.exit(0)
+        uplog("Waiting for indexer")
+        time.sleep(1);