new_contents: # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  """
      mpxml to pxml convertor
      
      @author: H Déjean
      
      READ project
      31/05/2017
  """ 
  
  import sys, os.path
  sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))))
  sys.path.append(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0])))))
  
  import libxml2
  import xml_formats.PageXml as PageXml
      
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      
      import sys, glob, optparse
      usage = """
  %s dirname+
  Utility to create a set of pageXml XML files from a mpxml file.
  """ % sys.argv[0]
  
      parser = optparse.OptionParser(usage=usage)
      
      parser.add_option("--format", dest='bIndent',  action="store_true" , help="reformat/reindent the input")    
      parser.add_option("--dir", dest='destdir',  action="store", default='pxml' , help="directory ouptut")  
      (options, args) = parser.parse_args()
  
      try:
          dir  = args[0]
          docid= args[1]
      except:
          parser.print_help()
          parser.exit(1, "")
      
      sDocFilename = "%s%scol%s%s.mpxml" % (dir,os.sep,os.sep,docid)        
          
      doc = libxml2.parseFile(sDocFilename)
  
      for pnum, pageDoc in PageXml.MultiPageXml._iter_splitMultiPageXml(doc, bInPlace=True):
          outfilename = "%s%s%s%s%s_%03d.pxml" % (dir,os.sep,options.destdir,os.sep,docid,pnum)
          print outfilename        
          pageDoc.saveFormatFileEnc(outfilename, "utf-8", bool(options.bIndent))
      doc.freeDoc()
      print "DONE"    
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