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+import { processPostsAndComments } from './parser.js';
+import { writeSql } from './sql.js';
+
+import { join } from "node:path";
+// es6 >:( 
+import path from 'path';
+import {
+  fileURLToPath
+} from 'url';
+
+import { exists, existsSync, writeFileSync, appendFileSync } from 'node:fs';
+
+export const __filename = fileURLToPath(
+  import.meta.url);
+export const __dirname = path.dirname(__filename);
+
+import yargs from 'yargs';
+
+// https://github.com/yargs/yargs/blob/main/docs/examples.md section "Yargs is here to help you..."
+var args = yargs(process.argv.slice(2))
+    .alias('c', 'comm')
+    .alias('u', 'user')
+    .alias('o', 'output')
+    .describe({
+        'c': 'Name of the community the archive will be added to',
+        'u': 'Name of the user the archived posts will be made by',
+        'o': 'Path that the .sql file will save to',
+        'posts': 'The JSON dump file of submissions you got from https://the-eye.eu/redarcs/',
+        'comments': 'The JSON dump file of comments',
+    })
+    .string(['comm', 'user', 'output', 'posts', 'comments'])
+    .nargs(['comm', 'user', 'output', 'posts', 'comments'], 1)
+    .demandOption(['comm', 'user', 'output', 'posts', 'comments'])
+    .help('h')
+    .alias('h', 'help')
+    .epilog("git: https://git.stardust.wtf/starlight/reddit-lemmy-importer")
+    .parse();
+
+
+/* // returns the trees filename
+processPostsAndComments(args.posts, args.comments, (result) => {
+  console.log(result)
+}); */
+
+function printThreadStructure(thread, level = 0) {
+    thread.forEach(item => {
+      var out = '';
+      out += '  '.repeat(level) + `${item.name} by ${item.author}: `
+      // reddit item type 3 = submission/post, else its a comment
+      out += item.name[1] == "3" ? `"${item.title}` : item.body == "" ? "\"\"" : `"${item.body}"`
+      console.log(out)
+        if (item.children.length > 0) {
+            printThreadStructure(item.children, level + 1);
+        }
+    });
+}
+
+async function unflatten(postsFile, commentsFile) {
+    try {
+        const result = await processPostsAndComments(postsFile, commentsFile);
+        //console.log('Thread Structure:');
+        //printThreadStructure(result);
+        
+        // Optional: write the result to a file
+        //writeFileSync('processed-threads.json', JSON.stringify(result, null, 2));
+
+        // empty the file if it exists
+        existsSync(args.output) ? writeFileSync(args.output, '') : null
+        result.forEach(post => {
+          appendFileSync(args.output, writeSql(post, args.comm, args.user))
+        })
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error processing files:', error);
+    }
+}
+
+// Run the main function
+unflatten(args.posts, args.comments);
+
+//console.log("HOLY FUCKING SMOKES!" + existsSync(tree))
+const outputPath = join(__dirname, '/', args.output);