c_dirnotes: added database creation

c_dirnotes.py

@@ -275,17 +275,25 @@ class Files():
     f = os.listdir(directory)
     for i in f:
       self.files.append(FileObj(directory + '/' + i))
+    self.sort()
+
+    self.db = None
+    try:
+      self.db = sqlite3.connect(DATABASE_NAME)
+      c = self.db.cursor()
+      c.execute("select * from dirnotes")
+    except sqlite3.OperationalError:
+      # TODO: problem with database....create one?
+      c.execute("create table dirnotes (name TEXT, date DATETIME, size INTEGER, comment TEXT, comment_date DATETIME, author TEXT)")
 
     try:
-      db = sqlite3.connect(DATABASE_NAME)
-      c = db.cursor()
+      c = self.db.cursor()
       self.directory.loadDbComment(c)
       for f in self.files:
         f.loadDbComment(c)
     except sqlite3.OperationalError:
-      # TODO: problem with database....create one?
-      pass
-    self.sort()
+      errorBox("serial problem with the database")
+
 
   def sortName(a):
     if a.getFileName() == '..':

dirnotes

@@ -6,7 +6,6 @@ comments are stored in an SQLite3 database
 	default ~/.dirnotes.db
 where possible, comments are duplicated in 
 	xattr user.xdg.comment
-	depends on python-pyxattr
 
 	some file systems don't allow xattr, and even linux
 	doesn't allow xattr on symlinks, so the database is
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ import sys,os,argparse,stat
 from PyQt5.QtGui import *
 from PyQt5.QtWidgets import *
 from PyQt5.QtCore import Qt
-import xattr, sqlite3, time
+import sqlite3, time
 
 VERSION = "0.2"
 COMMENT_KEY = "user.xdg.comment"
@@ -159,7 +158,7 @@ class FileObj():
 			self.size = s.st_size
 		self.xattrComment = ''
 		try:
-			self.xattrComment = xattr.get(fileName,COMMENT_KEY,nofollow=True).decode()
+			self.xattrComment = os.getxattr(fileName,COMMENT_KEY,follow_symlinks=False).decode()
 		except Exception as e:
 			#print("comment read on %s failed, execption %s" % (self.fileName,e)) 
 			pass
@@ -174,7 +173,7 @@ class FileObj():
 	def setXattrComment(self,newComment):
 		self.xattrComment = newComment
 		try:
-			xattr.set(self.fileName,COMMENT_KEY,self.xattrComment,nofollow=True)
+			os.setxattr(self.fileName,COMMENT_KEY,bytes(self.xattrComment,'utf8'),follow_symlinks=False)
 			return True
 		# we need to move these cases out to a handler 
 		except Exception as e:
@@ -498,6 +497,13 @@ user.xdg.publisher
 
 ''' TODO: also need a way to display-&-restore comments from the database '''
 
+''' TODO: implement startup -s and -m for size and date '''
+
+''' TODO: add an icon for the app '''
+
+''' TODO: create 'show comment history' popup '''
+
+''' TODO: add dual-pane for file-move, file-copy '''
 	
 ''' commandline xattr
 getfattr -h (don't follow symlink) -d (dump all properties)