Added CLI options to set starting working directory on both local and remote hosts

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ Released on ???
 
 - Enhancements:
   - Default choice for deleting file set to "NO" (way too easy to delete files by mistake)
+  - Added CLI options to set starting workind directory on both local and remote hosts
 
 ## 0.3.2
 

README.md

@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ brew install termscp
 
 TermSCP can be started with the following options:
 
+`termscp [options]... [protocol://user@address:port] [local-wrkdir] [remote-wrkdir]`
+
 - `-P, --password <password>` if address is provided, password will be this argument
 - `-v, --version` Print version info
 - `-h, --help` Print help page
@@ -171,6 +173,8 @@ TermSCP can be started in two different mode, if no extra arguments is provided,
 
 Alternatively, the user can provide an address as argument to skip the authentication form and starting directly the connection to the remote server.
 
+If address argument is provided you can also provide the start working directory for both local and remote hosts.
+
 ### Address argument 🌎
 
 The address argument has the following syntax:

src/activity_manager.rs

@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ impl ActivityManager {
         protocol: FileTransferProtocol,
         username: Option<String>,
         password: Option<String>,
+        entry_directory: Option<PathBuf>,
     ) {
         self.ftparams = Some(FileTransferParams {
             address,
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ impl ActivityManager {
             protocol,
             username,
             password,
+            entry_directory,
         });
     }
 
@@ -164,6 +166,7 @@ impl ActivityManager {
                         _ => Some(activity.password.clone()),
                     },
                     protocol: activity.protocol,
+                    entry_directory: None, // Has use only when accessing with address
                 });
                 break;
             }

src/main.rs

@@ -58,7 +58,9 @@ use filetransfer::FileTransferProtocol;
 /// Print usage
 
 fn print_usage(opts: Options) {
-    let brief = String::from("Usage: termscp [options]... [protocol://user@address:port]");
+    let brief = String::from(
+        "Usage: termscp [options]... [protocol://user@address:port] [local-wrkdir] [remote-wrkdir]",
+    );
     print!("{}", opts.usage(&brief));
     println!("\nPlease, report issues to <https://github.com/veeso/termscp>");
 }
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ fn main() {
     }
     // Check free args
     let extra_args: Vec<String> = matches.free;
+    // Remote argument
     if let Some(remote) = extra_args.get(0) {
         // Parse address
         match utils::parser::parse_remote_opt(remote) {
@@ -137,6 +140,20 @@ fn main() {
             }
         }
     }
+    // Local directory
+    if let Some(localdir) = extra_args.get(1) {
+        // Change working directory if local dir is set
+        let localdir: PathBuf = PathBuf::from(localdir);
+        if let Err(err) = env::set_current_dir(localdir.as_path()) {
+            eprintln!("Bad working directory argument: {}", err);
+            std::process::exit(255);
+        }
+    }
+    // Remote directory
+    let remote_wrkdir: Option<PathBuf> = match extra_args.get(2) {
+        Some(p) => Some(PathBuf::from(p)),
+        None => None,
+    };
     // Get working directory
     let wrkdir: PathBuf = match env::current_dir() {
         Ok(dir) => dir,
@@ -174,7 +191,7 @@ fn main() {
     };
     // Set file transfer params if set
     if let Some(address) = address {
-        manager.set_filetransfer_params(address, port, protocol, username, password);
+        manager.set_filetransfer_params(address, port, protocol, username, password, remote_wrkdir);
     }
     // Run
     manager.run(start_activity);

src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/mod.rs

@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ pub struct FileTransferParams {
     pub protocol: FileTransferProtocol,
     pub username: Option<String>,
     pub password: Option<String>,
+    pub entry_directory: Option<PathBuf>,
 }
 
 /// ### InputField

src/ui/activities/filetransfer_activity/session.rs

@@ -67,6 +67,14 @@ impl FileTransferActivity {
                         .as_ref(),
                     );
                 }
+                // Try to change directory to entry directory
+                let mut remote_chdir: Option<PathBuf> = None;
+                if let Some(entry_directory) = &self.params.entry_directory {
+                    remote_chdir = Some(entry_directory.clone());
+                }
+                if let Some(entry_directory) = remote_chdir {
+                    self.remote_changedir(entry_directory.as_path(), false);
+                }
                 // Set state to explorer
                 self.popup = None;
                 self.reload_remote_dir();
@@ -607,7 +615,8 @@ impl FileTransferActivity {
                 // Restore index
                 self.local.set_abs_index(prev_index);
                 // Set index; keep if possible, otherwise set to last item
-                self.local.set_abs_index(match self.local.get_current_file() {
+                self.local
+                    .set_abs_index(match self.local.get_current_file() {
                         Some(_) => self.local.get_index(),
                         None => match self.local.count() {
                             0 => 0,
@@ -636,7 +645,8 @@ impl FileTransferActivity {
                 // Restore index
                 self.remote.set_abs_index(prev_index);
                 // Set index; keep if possible, otherwise set to last item
-                self.remote.set_abs_index(match self.remote.get_current_file() {
+                self.remote
+                    .set_abs_index(match self.remote.get_current_file() {
                         Some(_) => self.remote.get_index(),
                         None => match self.remote.count() {
                             0 => 0,