kantiword.sh

A free MS Word reader for Linux and RISC OS. Antiword converts the files from Word 2, 6, 7, 97, 2000

#!/bin/sh
#
# Script to make drag and drop in KDE possible
#set -x
#

if [ $# -lt 2 ]
then
	exit 0
fi

# Determine the temp directory
if [ -d "$TMPDIR" ] && [ -w "$TMPDIR" ]
then
	tmp_dir=$TMPDIR
elif [ -d "$TEMP" ] && [ -w "$TEMP" ]
then
	tmp_dir=$TEMP
else
	tmp_dir="/tmp"
fi                        

# Try to create the temp files in a secure way
if [ -x /bin/tempfile ]
then
	out_file=`/bin/tempfile -d "$tmp_dir" -p antiword -s ".ps"` || exit 1
	err_file=`/bin/tempfile -d "$tmp_dir" -p antiword -s ".err"`
	if [ $? -ne 0 ]
	then
		rm -f "$out_file"
		exit 1
	fi
elif [ -x /bin/mktemp ]
then
	out_file=`/bin/mktemp -q -p "$tmp_dir" antiword.ps.XXXXXXXXX` || exit 1
	err_file=`/bin/mktemp -q -p "$tmp_dir" antiword.err.XXXXXXXXX`
	if [ $? -ne 0 ]
	then
		rm -f "$out_file"
		exit 1
	fi
else
	# Creating the temp files in an un-secure way
	out_file=$tmp_dir"/antiword.$$.ps"
	err_file=$tmp_dir"/antiword.$$.err"
fi

# Determine the paper size
paper_size=$1
shift

# Make the PostScript file
antiword -p $paper_size -i 0 "$@" 2>"$err_file" >"$out_file"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]
then
	# Something went wrong
	if [ -r "$err_file" ] && [ -s "$err_file" ]
	then
		konsole --caption "Error from Antword" -e less "$err_file"
	fi
	# Clean up
	rm -f "$out_file" "$err_file"
	exit 1
fi

# Show the PostScript file
gv "$out_file" -nocentre -media $paper_size

# Clean up
rm -f "$out_file" "$err_file"
exit 0