Add wip lab 3

utilities/pdf_make/Dockerfile

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+# pdf_make/Dockerfile
+FROM pandoc/latex:2.19
+
+WORKDIR /app
+
+# IMPORTANT: Copy your script into the container
+COPY generate_reports.sh /app/generate_reports.sh
+RUN chmod +x /app/generate_reports.sh

utilities/pdf_make/generate_reports.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "Starting report generation..."
+
+# Navigate to the /labs directory within the container
+# This is crucial because we're mounting the host's /labs into the container's /labs
+cd /labs || { echo "Error: /labs directory not found in container. Exiting."; exit 1; }
+
+# Find all directories prefixed with "lab-"
+find . -maxdepth 1 -type d -name "lab-*" | while read lab_dir; do
+    echo "Processing directory: $lab_dir"
+    markdown_file="$lab_dir/LAB-REPORT.md"
+    pdf_file="$lab_dir/LAB-REPORT.pdf"
+
+    # Check if LAB-REPORT.md exists
+    if [ -f "$markdown_file" ]; then
+        echo "Found $markdown_file"
+        # Check if LAB-REPORT.pdf does not exist
+        if [ ! -f "$pdf_file" ]; then
+            echo "LAB-REPORT.pdf not found. Generating PDF from markdown..."
+            # Generate PDF using pandoc
+            # Make sure 'pandoc' command is available in the image, which it is for pandoc/latex
+            image_dir="$lab_dir"
+            pandoc "$markdown_file" -s -o "$pdf_file" --pdf-engine=pdflatex --resource-path "$image_dir"
+
+            if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+                echo "Successfully generated $pdf_file"
+            else
+                echo "Error generating $pdf_file"
+            fi
+        else
+            echo "LAB-REPORT.pdf already exists. Skipping generation."
+        fi
+    else
+        echo "LAB-REPORT.md not found in $lab_dir. Skipping."
+    fi
+done
+
+echo "Report generation complete."

utilities/pdf_make/labs.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Define image name
+IMAGE_NAME="pandoc-report-generator"
+PDF_MAKE_DIR="." # Path to your Dockerfile and generate_reports.sh
+LABS_DIR="../.."         # Path to your labs directory
+WORKING_DIRECTORY=$(dirname "$0")
+
+echo "--- Debug Info ---"
+echo "Directory name: $(dirname "$0")"
+echo "Current Working Directory: ${WORKING_DIRECTORY}"
+echo "Image Name (variable): '$IMAGE_NAME'"
+echo "PDF Make Directory (variable): '$PDF_MAKE_DIR'"
+echo "Labs Directory (variable): '$LABS_DIR'"
+echo "Absolute Labs Mount Path: '${WORKING_DIRECTORY}/$LABS_DIR'"
+echo "--------------------"
+
+echo "--- Building Docker image: $IMAGE_NAME ---"
+# Build the Docker image from the pdf_make directory
+docker build -t "$IMAGE_NAME" "$WORKING_DIRECTORY/$PDF_MAKE_DIR"
+BUILD_STATUS=$?
+echo "Build command exited with status: $BUILD_STATUS"
+
+if [ $BUILD_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Docker image build failed. Exiting."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--- Running report generation inside Docker container ---"
+# This single-line docker run command is the most robust way to avoid shell parsing issues.
+# It explicitly sets the entrypoint and mounts the /labs directory.
+docker run --rm --entrypoint /bin/sh -v "${WORKING_DIRECTORY}/$LABS_DIR:/labs" "$IMAGE_NAME" /app/generate_reports.sh
+
+RUN_STATUS=$?
+echo "Run command exited with status: $RUN_STATUS"
+
+if [ $RUN_STATUS -ne 0 ]; then
+    echo "ERROR: Report generation failed inside Docker container."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+echo "--- All operations completed successfully. ---"
+
+# --- New Step: Verify Output on Host ---
+echo "--- Verifying generated PDFs on host ---"
+find "${WORKING_DIRECTORY}/$LABS_DIR" -type f -name "LAB-REPORT.pdf"
+
+if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
+    echo "PDFs should now be available in your '$LABS_DIR' directory."
+else
+    echo "No PDFs found or an error occurred during verification."
+fi