#!/bin/bash

# PURPOSE: batch conversion of Skim notes to syncable format of PDF files using Skim's skimnotes command-line tool

# AUTHOR: Christiaan Hofman
# ASSUMPTIONS: skimnotes is located at /Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/skimnotes

# USAGE:
#  skimsyncable PDFDIR|PDFFILE

skimnotes=/Applications/Skim.app/Contents/SharedSupport/skimnotes

# To convert back to non-syncable notes, swap the -n and -s options below
if [[ -d "$1" ]]; then
    find "$1" -type f -name "*.pdf" -exec "$0" "{}" ";"
elif "$skimnotes" test -n "$1"; then
    "$skimnotes" convert -s "$1" "$1"
fi