- Add __main__ section.

- Change the arg parsing to a variant that works on my Windows PC
- Remove the /bin/python3 comment at the start as it was leading to errors on my side
- Check if the OS is a Windows and in that case define the default location of the config file
- Add an argument to define the location of the configfile in case not the default location is used. This was used mainly to test the functions

.idea/.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+# Default ignored files
+/shelf/
+/workspace.xml

modmw.py

@@ -1,32 +1,12 @@
-#!/bin/python3
+import argparse
-
 import os
 import pathlib
-import sys
 import shutil
+from platform import system
 
-config_file_name = "openmw.cfg"
-config_file_path = os.path.join(pathlib.Path.home(), ".config", "openmw", config_file_name)
 
-if (not os.path.exists(config_file_path)):
+def install_mod(path, config_path) -> None:
-	print("Could not find", config_file_name, "at", config_file_path)
+	mod_data_path = path
-	exit(1)
-
-def getarg(args: list, index: int, arg_type: type):
-	if (index >= len(args)):
-		print("Missing argument", index)
-		exit(1)
-
-	arg = args[index]
-
-	if (type(arg) != arg_type):
-		print("Argument", index, "must be a", str(arg_type))
-		exit(1)
-
-	return arg
-
-def install_mod(args: list) -> None:
-	mod_data_path = getarg(args, 0, str)
 
 	if (not os.path.exists(mod_data_path)):
 		print("Path \"%s\" does not exist" % mod_data_path)
@@ -40,7 +20,7 @@ def install_mod(args: list) -> None:
 				print(mod_data_path, "is already installed!")
 				exit(1)
 
-	with open(config_file_path, "a") as config_file:
+	with open(config_path, "a") as config_file:
 		config_file.write("data=\"%s\"\n" % mod_data_path)
 
 		for file_name in os.listdir(mod_data_path):
@@ -49,13 +29,14 @@ def install_mod(args: list) -> None:
 
 	print(mod_data_path, "installed!")
 
-def uninstall_mod(args: list) -> None:
-	mod_data_path = os.path.abspath(getarg(args, 0, str))
 
-	with open(config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
+def uninstall_mod(path, config_path) -> None:
+	mod_data_path = path
+
+	with open(config_path, "r") as config_file:
 		lines = config_file.readlines()
 
-	with open(config_file_path, "w") as config_file:
+	with open(config_path, "w") as config_file:
 		line_index = 0
 
 		while (line_index < len(lines)):
@@ -72,8 +53,9 @@ def uninstall_mod(args: list) -> None:
 
 				line_index += 1
 
-def list_mods(args: list) -> None:
+
-	with open(config_file_path, "r") as config_file:
+def list_mods(config_path) -> None:
+	with open(config_path, "r") as config_file:
 		mod_iterations = 0
 
 		for line in config_file:
@@ -88,30 +70,67 @@ def list_mods(args: list) -> None:
 
 					mod_iterations += 1
 
-def backup_config(args: list) -> None:
+
-	backup_path = getarg(args, 0, str)
+def backup_config(path, config_path) -> None:
+	backup_path = path
 
 	if (not os.path.exists(backup_path) and not os.path.exists(os.path.split(backup_path)[0])):
 		print("Config file backup path is not valid")
 		exit(1)
 
-	shutil.copy2(config_file_path, backup_path)
+	shutil.copy2(config_path, backup_path)
 
-actions = {
-	"install": install_mod,
-	"uninstall": uninstall_mod,
-	"list": list_mods,
-	"backup": backup_config
-}
 
-if (len(sys.argv) < 2):
+if __name__ == '__main__':
-	print("Expected an action")
+	parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
+
+	parser.add_argument("--install", type=str, default=None, action="store", required=False,
+						help="Provide this parameter with the path of a single  mod folder that should be added to the "
+							 "config file")
+	parser.add_argument("--uninstall", type=str, default=None, action="store", required=False,
+						help="Provide this parameter with path of a single mod folder that should be removed from the "
+							 "config file")
+	parser.add_argument("--list", default=None, action="store_true", required=False,
+						help="Commands the script to list the current mod folders from the config file.")
+	parser.add_argument("--backup", type=str, default=None, action="store", required=False,
+						help="Provide this parameter with the path where the backup file should be placed.")
+	parser.add_argument("--configfile", type=str, default=None, action="store", required=False,
+						help="In case the config file is not in the default location, provide this parameter with the "
+							 "path including(!) the openmw.cfg file.")
+
+	p = parser.parse_args()
+
+	if (p.configfile):
+		config_file_path = p.configfile
+
+	else:
+
+		config_file_name = "openmw.cfg"
+		plt = system()
+
+		if (plt == "Windows"):
+			config_file_path = os.path.join(pathlib.Path.home(), "Documents", "my games", "openmw", config_file_name)
+		else:
+			config_file_path = os.path.join(pathlib.Path.home(), ".config", "openmw", config_file_name)
+
+	if not (os.path.exists(config_file_path)):
+		print("Could not find", config_file_name, "at", config_file_path)
 		exit(1)
 
-action_name = sys.argv[1]
+	if (p.install):
+		install_path = p.install
+		install_mod(install_path, config_file_path)
 
-if (not action_name in actions):
+	elif (p.uninstall):
-	print("Unknown action \"%s\". Supported actions:" % action_name, list(actions.keys()))
+		uninstall_path = p.uninstall
-	exit(1)
+		uninstall_mod(uninstall_path, config_file_path)
 
-actions[action_name](sys.argv[2:])
+	elif (p.list):
+		list_mods(config_file_path)
+
+	elif (p.backup):
+		backup_path = p.backup
+		backup_config(backup_path, config_file_path)
+
+	else:
+		print("No valid parameter provided. You can use -h in order to see the valid possibilities.")