french-wiktionary-flashcards

commit 33f13eb1b0fff7872765282e4174ab2f83868ef0
parent 66c3a81957a43819576b10b4f6221a827419b91e
Author: David Schlachter <t480-debian-git@schlachter.ca>
Date:   Sun,  4 Oct 2026 01:45:03 -0400

Improve raw dictionary check

Diffstat:
M
main.go
 | 
15
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1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
@@ -51,11 +51,16 @@ func main() {
 	if *dict == "" {
 		log.Fatal("The -dictionary flag cannot be empty. (Defaults to dictionary.sqlite3.)")
 	}
-	if *rawDict == "" {
-		log.Fatal("The -rawDictionary flag cannot be empty. (Defaults to raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl.)")
-	} else if *rawDict == "raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl" {
-		if _, err := os.Stat("./raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl"); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
-			log.Fatal("Could not find raw dictionary data file! You can get this by downloading and gunzipping https://kaikki.org/frwiktionary/raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl.gz.")
+
+	if *rawDict == "raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl" {
+		// Check if we have a sqlite dictionary first
+		if _, err := os.Stat(*dict); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+			// If we don't have a sqlite3 dictionary, that's okay, but, we're
+			// going to have to read the rawDictionary in order to create it.
+			// So, make sure that it exists!
+			if _, err := os.Stat("./raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl"); errors.Is(err, os.ErrNotExist) {
+				log.Fatal("Could not find raw dictionary data file! You can get this by downloading and gunzipping https://kaikki.org/frwiktionary/raw-wiktextract-data.jsonl.gz.")
+			}
 		}
 	}
 	if *deckName == "" {