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+#!/bin/bash
+# Simple Note System
+#    Copyright (C) 2016, Jon Lewis
+#
+#    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+#    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+#    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+#    (at your option) any later version.
+#
+#    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+#    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+#    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+#    GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+#    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+#    with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+#    51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+# Prevent freak accidents involving the root directory
+if [ -z "$HOME" ]; then HOME=/home/"$(whoami)"; fi
+
+# Store files and locations
+readonly PROD_STR="Simple Note System"
+readonly VER_STR="v2.0a9"
+readonly ROOT_DIR="$HOME"/.config/sns
+readonly NOTES_DIR="$ROOT_DIR"/notes
+readonly TMP_DIR="$ROOT_DIR"/tmp
+readonly CONFIG_FILE="$ROOT_DIR/sns.conf"
+
+#Color codes for error reporting
+readonly RED_COLOR='\033[1;31m'
+readonly RESET_COLOR='\033[0m'
+
+#Print the program header to stdout
+printf "%s\n" "$PROD_STR"
+printf "%s\n" "------------------"
+
+# Section: Functions
+function init_store {
+
+if [ ! -d "$ROOT_DIR" ]; then mkdir -p "$ROOT_DIR"; WILL_INIT="TRUE"; fi
+if [ ! -d "$TMP_DIR"  ]; then mkdir -p "$TMP_DIR" ; WILL_INIT="TRUE"; fi
+
+
+cat > "$CONFIG_FILE" << EOF
+# This file contains directives for the Simple Note System.
+
+EXT=note                # File extension to use (for listing notes)
+
+#EDITOR=                # Preferred Editor:
+                        # If you would like to specify a different editor for
+                        # sns to use, you may do so here, otherwise, sns will
+                        # use the editor specified in the environment.
+
+DATE_FMT="+%D %T"       # Date Format:
+                        # If you would like to modify the date format, you may
+                        # specify one appropriate to the \`date\` command.
+
+ENCRYPTION="FALSE"      # Main Encryption Toggle:
+                        # WARNING: ANY PREVIOUSLY UNENCRYPTED NOTES WILL BE LOST
+                        # Change this to TRUE to enable encryption.
+
+PUBKEY=""               # Public Key
+                        # Encryption is done using GPG. You must enter your
+                        # public key's identifier here.
+EOF
+
+chmod 600 "$CONFIG_FILE"
+
+printf "  - %s\n" "Rewrote Default Configuration"
+
+if [ "$WILL_INIT" == "TRUE" ]; then
+    printf "  - %s\n" "Environment initialized in $ROOT_DIR"
+else
+    printf "  - %s\n" "Store already initialized."
+fi
+}
+function verify_store {
+
+    ETC_DIR=$(dirname "$CONFIG_FILE")
+
+    STORE_DIRS=("$ROOT_DIR" "$NOTES_DIR" "$TMP_DIR" "$ETC_DIR")
+    for DIR in "${STORE_DIRS[@]}"; do
+        if [ ! -d "$DIR" ]; then
+            mkdir -p "$DIR"
+        fi
+    done
+}
+function help {
+    printf "\n%s" "usage: sns [-cedlp] <notebook/section/name>"
+    printf "\n%s" "       sns [-hi ]"
+
+    printf "\n%s" "  -c | --create : Create note"
+    printf "\n%s" "  -d | --delete : Delete note"
+    printf "\n%s" "  -e | --edit   : Open note for editing"
+    printf "\n%s" "  -h | --help   : Display this message"
+    printf "\n%s" "  -i | --init   : Write default config and initalize SNS store"
+    printf "\n%s" "  -l | --list   : List all notes in NOTEBOOK"
+    printf "\n%s" "  -p | --print  : Print note to console"
+    printf "\n"
+}
+function p_header(){
+    printf "# %s\n## %s\n" "$(basename ${NOTE%.*})" "$(date "$DATE_FMT")"
+}
+function encrypt(){
+# This function, given a recipient, $PUBKEY; a file to encrypt, $TMP_NOTE; and an
+# output file, $NOTE, will encrypt $TMP_NOTE to $NOTE against $PUBKEY's private
+# GPG key.
+
+    gpg -r "$PUBKEY" -o "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" -e "$TMP_NOTE"
+
+}
+
+function decrypt(){
+# This function, given a file to decrypt, will attempt to decrypt the file
+# against the specified recipient's private key, and print the result to
+# stdout.
+    gpg -d "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE"
+}
+function create(){
+    # Depends : p_header
+    # Requires: $NOTE, $NOTE_DIR,
+    # Optional: $ENCRYPTION, $SESSION_ID, $TMP_DIR encrypt
+    # Given a valid setup, create writes the standard note header as specified
+    # by p_header, to $NOTE.
+
+    # Refuse to overwrite a note
+     if [ -e "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" ]; then
+        >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n\t%s\n"\
+          "Note already exists"\
+          "Hint: use -e to edit the note."
+         exit 200
+    fi
+
+    # If the note's notebook/section does not exist,
+    # create the appropriate folders.
+    mkdir -p "$NOTES_DIR"/"$(dirname "$NOTE")"
+
+    # Write the standard note header
+     if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then
+        TMP_NOTE="$TMP_DIR"/"$SESSION_ID"
+        p_header > "$TMP_NOTE"
+        encrypt
+     else
+        p_header > "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE"
+     fi
+    # Make sure the note exists, and inform the user of the result.
+     if [ -e "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" ]; then
+        printf "  - %s\n" "Created note: ${NOTE%.*}"
+     else
+        >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n"\
+         "Something went wrong, and the note was not created."
+     fi
+}
+function delete(){
+    # Requires: $NOTE, $NOTE_DIR
+    # Given a valid $NOTE, delete removes $NOTE from sns.
+
+     if [ -e "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" ]; then
+        rm "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE"
+        printf "  - %s\n" "Deleted note: ${NOTE%.*}."
+        #Cleanup empty notebooks/sections]
+        find "$NOTES_DIR" -mindepth 1 -type d  | tac |\
+         while read -r DIR ; do
+            if [ ! "$(ls -A $DIR)" ]; then
+                rmdir "$DIR"
+            fi
+        done
+     else
+        >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n" "Note ${NOTE%.*} does not exist."
+     fi
+}
+function edit(){
+# Requires: $EDITOR, $NOTE
+# Optional: $ENCRYPTION, $TMP_DIR, $SESSION_ID, decrypt, encrypt
+
+# Verify an editor was specified
+if [ -z "$EDITOR" ]; then
+    >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n"\
+     "No editor specified in environment."
+    exit
+# Verify the note exists
+elif [ ! -r "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" ]; then
+    >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n"\
+     "Note cannot be opened for editing."
+    exit 40;
+fi
+
+# If encryption is enabled, decrypt $NOTE to a temp file, otherwise
+# operate on the note directly.
+if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then
+    cp "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE.bk" #Insurance
+    TMP_NOTE="$TMP_DIR/$SESSION_ID"
+    decrypt > "$TMP_NOTE"
+else
+    TMP_NOTE="$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE";
+fi
+
+# Write an ammendment header
+if [ -z "$CREATE" ]; then
+    printf "\n%s\n" "edit - $(date "$DATE_FMT")" >> "$TMP_NOTE"
+    printf "%s\n" "===================================" >> "$TMP_NOTE"
+fi
+
+# Call the editor
+printf "  - %s\n" "editing ${NOTE%.*}"
+"$EDITOR" "$TMP_NOTE"
+
+# If the file was previously decrypted, encrypt it back
+if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then
+    echo "reencrypting"
+    rm "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE"
+    encrypt;
+    rm "$TMP_NOTE"
+    if [ ! -r "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE" ]; then
+        >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n" "error: note was not saved."
+        cp "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE.bk" "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE"
+    else
+        rm "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE.bk";
+    fi
+fi
+
+}
+function print(){
+# Given an existing file, $NOTE, print prints the contents of $NOTE to stdout.
+
+if [ -r "$NOTE" ]; then
+    if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then decrypt #to stdout
+    else cat "$NOTE"; fi
+else
+    >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n\t%s\n"\
+     "Note cannot be found."
+    exit 205 #ERR_NOTE_NO_READ
+fi
+}
+#!/bin/bash
+function list(){
+    # This function, given a folder, $NOTE, will list the contents of $NOTE.
+    cd "$(dirname "$NOTES_DIR/$NOTE")"
+    find . -type f -name "*$EXT" | while read file; do
+        printf "%s\n" "$file"
+    done
+
+
+}
+# End Section: Functions
+#==============================================================================
+# Stage 1: Read Configuration / Verify Integrity
+#==============================================================================
+
+if [ -r "$CONFIG_FILE" ]; then
+    source "$CONFIG_FILE"
+    verify_store
+elif [ $1 != "-i" ]; then
+    >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n\t%s\n"\
+     "Configuration not found. Please run sns -i."
+     exit 5 #ERR_NO_STORE
+fi
+
+if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then
+    if   [ ! -r "$(which gpg)" ]; then
+        >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n\t%s\n"\
+            "Encryption was specified, but GPG is not installed."
+        exit 100
+    elif [ -z "$PUBKEY" ]; then
+        >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n\t%s\n"\
+         "No GPG recipient was provided in $CONFIG_FILE. "
+        exit 110
+    else
+        cd "$NOTES_DIR"
+        find . -type f -name "*.$EXT" | grep -v "gpg" | while read TMP_NOTE; do
+            NOTE="${TMP_NOTE%.$EXT}.gpg.$EXT"
+            echo $NOTE
+            encrypt
+            if [ -r $NOTE ]; then
+                rm $TMP_NOTE
+            fi
+        done
+
+    fi
+fi
+#==============================================================================
+# Stage 2: Argument Parsing
+#==============================================================================
+NOTE=""
+if [ -z "$1" ]; then help; exit 20
+else
+    for ARG in "$@"; do
+        case "$ARG" in
+            -c|--create)
+                CREATE="TRUE"
+                OP="TRUE"
+                ;;
+            -d|--delete)
+                DELETE="TRUE"
+                OP="TRUE"
+                ;;
+            -e|--edit)
+                EDIT="TRUE"
+                OP="TRUE"
+                ;;
+            -ce|-ec)
+                CREATE="TRUE"
+                EDIT="TRUE"
+                OP="TRUE"
+                ;;
+            -l|--list)
+                LIST="TRUE"
+                OP="TRUE"
+                ;;
+            -p|--print)
+                PRINT="TRUE"
+                OP="TRUE"
+                ;;
+            -h|--help)
+                help
+                exit 0
+                ;;
+            -i|--init-store)
+                init_store
+                exit 0
+                ;;
+            *)
+                NOTE="$ARG"
+                break;
+                ;;
+        esac
+    done
+fi
+#==============================================================================
+# Section: Actions / Stage 3
+#==============================================================================
+# Default behavior
+# If no operation was specified, print help and exit on ERR_NO_OP
+    if [ "$OP" != "TRUE" ]; then
+        help; exit 20
+    fi
+# All options not requiring a note to be specified have been dealt
+# with; if one isn't specified, exit on ERR_NO_NOTE.
+if [ -z "$NOTE" ]; then
+    printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n" "No note specified."
+    exit 30
+fi
+
+if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then
+    SESSION_ID="$RANDOM" #SESSION_ID later becomes the temporary filename
+    readonly NOTE="$NOTE.gpg.$EXT"
+else
+    readonly NOTE="$NOTE.$EXT"
+fi
+
+if [ "$LIST"   == "TRUE" ]; then list  ; exit 0; fi
+if [ "$PRINT"  == "TRUE" ]; then print ; exit 0; fi
+if [ "$DELETE" == "TRUE" ]; then delete; exit 0; fi
+if [ "$CREATE" == "TRUE" ]; then create; fi
+if [ "$EDIT"   == "TRUE" ]; then edit  ; fi
+#==============================================================================
+# End Section: Actions / Stage 3
+#==============================================================================
diff --git a/src/main/stage1.sns.sh b/src/main/stage1.sns.sh
index 1ddfc3c..5dd3cab 100644
--- a/src/main/stage1.sns.sh
+++ b/src/main/stage1.sns.sh
@@ -20,5 +20,16 @@ if [ "$ENCRYPTION" == "TRUE" ]; then
         >&2 printf "  $RED_COLOR!$RESET_COLOR %s\n\t%s\n"\
          "No GPG recipient was provided in $CONFIG_FILE. "
         exit 110
+    else
+        cd "$NOTES_DIR"
+        find . -type f -name "*.$EXT" | grep -v "gpg" | while read TMP_NOTE; do
+            NOTE="${TMP_NOTE%.$EXT}.gpg.$EXT"
+            echo $NOTE
+            encrypt
+            if [ -r $NOTE ]; then
+                rm $TMP_NOTE
+            fi
+        done
+
     fi
 fi