commit a98793283debbb00c311e89ea419e22b89cb14c6
Author: David Sorber <david.sorber@gmail.com>
Date:   Wed Jan 2 18:01:34 2019 -0500

    Creating hbkcd (Handbrake Control Daemon) that will supplant hbkif at
    least for now.

diff --git a/software/hbkcd/hbkcd.py b/software/hbkcd/hbkcd.py
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+#!/usr/bin/python3
+import logging
+import os
+import sys
+
+#
+# HbkCD - Handbrake Control Daemon
+#
+
+###############################################################################
+# Configuration Options
+###############################################################################
+LOGFILE_PATH = '/var/log/hbkcd/hbkcd.log'
+LOG_FORMAT_STR = '%(asctime)s|%(levelname)s|%(filename)s:%(lineno)s|%(message)s'
+LOG_DATE_FORMAT_STR = '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Y'
+DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL = logging.DEBUG
+
+# Absolute path the to the HandbrakeCLI executable
+HANDBRAKE_PATH = '/opt/local/bin/HandBrakeCLI'
+
+# Path to queue file. Note that there is nothing special about this file, it
+# is simply a text file containing a list of paths to video files to re-enocde
+QUEUE_FILE_PATH = '/home/dsorber/encode_queue'
+
+def check_configuration():
+    """ Check runtime parameters for correctness before attempting to use them.
+    """
+    
+    # Make sure specified HandbrakeCLI path exists and is a file
+    if not os.path.isfile(HANDBRAKE_PATH):
+        logging.error('Handbrake does not exist at path: {:s}'
+                      .format(HANDBRAKE_PATH))
+        return False
+    
+    # Make sure the specified HandbrakeCLI file is executable
+    if not os.access(HANDBRAKE_PATH, os.X_OK):
+        logging.error('Handbrake exists but is not executable ({:s})'
+                      .format(HANDBRAKE_PATH))
+        return False
+        
+    # Make sure specified encode queue file exists and is a file
+    if not os.path.isfile(QUEUE_FILE_PATH):
+        logging.error('The specified encode queue file ({:s}) does not exist, '
+                      'please create it to proceed'.format(QUEUE_FILE_PATH))
+        return False
+    
+    logging.debug('Runtime configuration checks OKAY')
+    
+    return True
+    
+
+def main():
+
+    # Configure logging before attempting anything serious
+    logging.basicConfig(format=LOG_FORMAT_STR, 
+                        datefmt=LOG_DATE_FORMAT_STR, 
+                        # ~ filename=LOGFILE_PATH, 
+                        level=DEFAULT_LOG_LEVEL)
+    
+    # ~ print('foobar', file=sys.stderr)
+    logging.info('hbkcf started')
+    
+    # Validate runtime configuration before proceeding
+    if not check_configuration():
+        return -1
+    
+    return 0
+    
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    sys.exit(main())