ePubCheck Helper
Version: 0.1.0-a
Author: Steve Myles (steve@mylesandmyles.info)
Project Home: http://steve.mylesandmyles.info/projects/epc-helper/
License: MIT license (see LICENSE accompanying this distribution).
Changelog: See https://github.com/scumdogsteev/epc-helper/blob/master/changelog.txt accompanying this distribution.
background
ePubCheck is a great command line utility that validates EPUB files to ensure proper structure and formatting. It provides a detailed log of issues, including improper html tags, indicating which row(s) of which file(s) contain the errors. It is an invaluable resource when creating EPUB files.
ePubCheck Helper is a simple batch file that allows the user to drag and drop an EPUB file (or a .zip file, as .epub files are renamed .zip files) to run ePubCheck, taking care of the command line details for you. The script outputs ePubCheck's log to a .txt file in the directory with the original EPUB file.
notes
I know this isn't the first utility of its kind (for instance, EPUB-CHECKER (http://www.pagina-online.de/software/epub-checker/) seems to be a good one and there is also the web-based EPUB validator (http://validator.idpf.org/)), and it likely isn't the best. I wanted to learn more about batch scripting and this seemed like a good way to do so. The results might be helpful for someone.
I am by no means an expert at batch scripting. I welcome comments on this script.
acknowledgment
Date parsing is taken from Rob van der Woude: http://www.robvanderwoude.com/datetimentparse.php