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                        
out_file=$tmp_dir"/antiword.$$.ps"
err_file=$tmp_dir"/antiword.$$.err"

# 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
	rm -f $out_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