/home/celeste/bin/cron.weekly.docindex

#!/bin/sh
# Install this file as:          /etc/cron.weekly/docindex
# http://crystalfaeries.net/posix/bin/cron.weekly.docindex
# celeste:crystalFaery 2016-10-05 02:34:57+00:00
# from Linux Journal 2008 August Page 91 by Bill Zimmerly

set -e
set -u

input_dir=/usr/share/doc
output_file=/usr/share/doc/index.html

cat	>  $output_file <<EOF
<html>
    <head>
	<title>$input_dir</title>
    </head>
    <body>
    <h1	align="center">$input_dir</h1>
EOF

find $input_dir -iname 'index.html' | \
sed 's/[^ ]*/\<br\>\<a href="file:&"\>&\<\/a\>/' | \
sort	>> $output_file

cat	>> $output_file <<EOF
    </body>
</html>
EOF

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