created a script to automatically generate a PDDP_META file using some guesses for meta types. It creates all of the meta fields in a subpatch called [pd PDDP_META]

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+# this script is used to generate a mylibrary/mylibrary.pd meta file.  This
+# file is read for relevant meta data when a libdir is opened. (That's the
+# plan at least) <hans@at.or.at>
+
+# keeps track of where the last bit of text was printed so that new text is
+# not printed on top of existing text
+Y=10
+
+# Usage: print_pd_text($to_file, $meta_type, $text_to_print)
+function print_pd_text () 
+{
+	 file_name="$1"; shift
+	 meta_type="$1"; shift
+	 echo "#X text 10 $Y ${meta_type}: $@;" >> "$file_name"
+	 ((Y=Y+20))
+}
+
+if [ $# -lt 2 ]; then
+	 echo "Usage: $0 BASE_DIR LIBNAME [ meta types ] "
+	 echo "     --author"
+	 echo "     --copyright"
+	 echo "     --description"
+	 echo "     --keywords"
+	 echo "     --license"
+else
+
+BASE_DIR="$1"; shift
+LIBNAME="$1"; shift
+libdir_file_name="${BASE_DIR}/${LIBNAME}/${LIBNAME}.pd"
+# create pd file
+touch "${libdir_file_name}"
+
+# create .pd header with subpatch called "PDDP_META"
+echo "#N canvas 10 10 200 200 10;" >> "${libdir_file_name}"
+echo "#N canvas 20 20 420 300 PDDP_META 0;" >> "${libdir_file_name}"
+#N canvas 249 280 600 398 loc&precess 0;
+
+# add required meta fields
+print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" PDDP_META "this is a prototype of a libdir meta file"
+print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" NAME ${LIBNAME} 
+
+
+# get meta data types:
+while [ $# -ge 1 ]; do
+    case $1 in
+		  --author)
+				print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" AUTHOR "$2"
+				;;
+		  --copyright)
+				print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" COPYRIGHT "$2"
+				;;
+		  --description)
+				print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" DESCRIPTION "$2"
+				;;
+		  --keywords)
+				print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" KEYWORDS "$2"
+				;;
+		  --license)
+				print_pd_text "${libdir_file_name}" LICENSE "$2"
+				;;
+		  *)
+				echo "ERROR: unknown flag: $1 with data: $2"
+				;;
+    esac
+    shift
+	 shift
+done
+
+echo "#X restore 10 10 pd PDDP_META;" >> "${libdir_file_name}"
+
+
+fi