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+#! /usr/bin/python3
+# -*- coding: UTF-8 -*-
+
+"""Creates a directory with all documents for a business trip."""
+
+import os
+import argparse
+import shutil
+import sys
+import shutil
+from constants import CONFIG_FORMDIR, CONFIGFILE, CONFIG_SEPARATOR
+from install import SCRIPTS_TO_INSTALL
+
+def parse():
+    """Create the argument parser (including the help) and parse the arguments.
+
+    Options/ Arguments:
+        directory
+
+    """
+    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(
+        description="Create a directory for a new trip.",
+        # formatter_class=argparse.RawDescriptionHelpFormatter,
+        epilog=("To start go to the new directory and run " +
+                "'fillform Antrag.pdf'"))
+    parser.add_argument("directory",
+                        help=("The new directory to be created." +
+                              "Relative or absolute path. The " +
+                              "parent directory should exist."))
+    return vars(parser.parse_args())
+
+
+def readFormFileDirectoriesFromConfig():
+    """Read the config file and find form file dirs.
+
+    Returns:
+        the last config dir in the config file.
+        None if none is specified or the config file does not exist.
+
+    """
+    formdir = None
+    try:
+        with open(CONFIGFILE, "r") as configfile:
+            for line in [l.strip("\n") for l in configfile.readlines() if
+                         l.startswith(CONFIG_FORMDIR + CONFIG_SEPARATOR)]:
+                try:
+                    formdir = line.split(CONFIG_SEPARATOR,
+                                         maxsplit=1  # max 2 parts
+                                         )[1]
+                except IndexError:
+                    print("Debug: impossible index error " +
+                          "in config file reading.")
+        return formdir
+    except FileNotFoundError:
+        print("Debug: no config file found.")
+        return None
+
+
+def filesToCopy(where):
+    """Find all files that are needed for one trip.
+
+    where: the directory where all the files are (in subdirs).
+
+    """
+    copyfiles = []
+    for dirpath, _, files in os.walk(where):
+        for f in files:
+            if f.endswith(".form"):
+                copyfiles.append(os.path.join(dirpath, f))
+                possiblepdfFile = os.path.join(
+                    dirpath, os.path.splitext(f)[0] + ".pdf")
+                if os.path.exists(possiblepdfFile):
+                    copyfiles.append(possiblepdfFile)
+    return copyfiles
+
+
+def checkIfInstalled():
+    """Check if the software suite fillpdf is installed.
+
+    Remind the user to install if not happenend yet.
+
+    """
+    # check if program is installed
+    if not all([shutil.which(script) for script in SCRIPTS_TO_INSTALL]):
+        # if which returns something that is not none or "" it is
+        # considered True
+        print("Not all scripts that are part of this software suite" +
+              " are installed. Consider executing the install.py script "+
+              "in the downloaded repository.")
+        return False
+    else:
+        return True
+
+
+def copyFile(copyfile, where):
+    """Try to copy the file copyfile to the directory where."""
+    try:
+        shutil.copy(copy, directory)
+    except FileNotFoundError as fnfe:
+        print("The file", copy, "is not there anymore.")
+        raise fnfe
+    except PermissionError as pe:
+        print("I am not allowed to copy the file",
+              copy + ". Use another place.")
+        raise pe
+    else:
+        print("Debug: copied the file " + copy)
+
+
+def mkdir(where):
+    """Try to create the directory directory.
+
+    Raises:
+        PermissionsError: if not allowed.
+
+    """
+    print("Debug: directory:", where)
+    try:
+        os.makedirs(where)
+    except FileExistsError:
+        print("Warning: the files in", where, "that have",
+              "the same names as the copied files are overwritten.")
+    except PermissionError as pe:
+        print("I am not allowed to create this directory. Use another place.")
+        raise pe
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    arguments = parse()
+    directory = arguments["directory"]
+    formdirectory = readFormFileDirectoriesFromConfig()
+    if formdirectory is None:
+        print("I could not find the information where the form files" +
+              " are. Maybe you should execute the install script or " +
+              "add a line \n" +
+              CONFIG_FORMDIR + CONFIG_SEPARATOR +
+              "<directory with form files>\n" +
+              "to the file " + CONFIGFILE + ".")
+    else:
+        tocopy = filesToCopy(formdirectory)
+        print("Debug:", tocopy)
+        mkdir(directory)
+        for copy in tocopy:
+            copyFile(copy, directory)
+
+    checkIfInstalled()