Add --autoimport command argument

pyfpdb/GuiAutoImport.py

@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ class GuiAutoImport (threading.Thread):
 #    That is not correct.  It should open another dir for importing while piping the
 #    results to the same pipe.  This means that self.path should be a a list of dirs
 #    to watch.
-        if widget.get_active(): # toggled on
+        if widget.get_active() or data == "autostart": # toggled on
             # - Does the lock acquisition need to be more sophisticated for multiple dirs?
             # (see comment above about what to do if pipe already open)
             # - Ideally we want to release the lock if the auto-import is killed by some

pyfpdb/Options.py

@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ def fpdb_options():
                       help=_("X location to open window"))
     parser.add_option("--yloc", dest="yloc", default=None, type="int",
                       help=_("Y location to open Window"))
+    parser.add_option("--autoimport", action="store_true", dest="autoimport",
+                      help=_("Auto-start Auto-import"))
 
 
     (options, argv) = parser.parse_args()

pyfpdb/fpdb.pyw

@@ -993,6 +993,9 @@ class fpdb:
         self.threads.append(new_aimp_thread)
         aimp_tab=new_aimp_thread.get_vbox()
         self.add_and_display_tab(aimp_tab, _("Auto Import"))
+        if options.autoimport:
+            new_aimp_thread.startClicked(new_aimp_thread.startButton, "autostart")
+            options.autoimport = False
 
     def tab_bulk_import(self, widget, data=None):
         """opens a tab for bulk importing"""
@@ -1177,6 +1180,9 @@ You can find the full license texts in agpl-3.0.txt, gpl-2.0.txt, gpl-3.0.txt an
 
         self.window.connect('window-state-event', self.window_state_event_cb)
         sys.stderr.write(_("fpdb starting ..."))
+        
+        if options.autoimport:
+            self.tab_auto_import(None)
 
 
     def __iconify(self):