backupninja/lib/tools.in

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# This file contains functions shared between ninjahelper and backupninja.

#####################################################
## MISC FUNCTIONS

#
# create a temporary file in a secure way.
#
function maketemp() {
   local tempfile=`mktemp /tmp/$1.XXXXXXXX`
   echo $tempfile
}

#####################################################
## CONFIG-FILE RELATED FUNCTIONS

function setfile() {
   CURRENT_CONF_FILE=$1
}

function setsection() {
   CURRENT_SECTION=$1
}

#
# sets a global var with name equal to $1
# to the value of the configuration parameter $1
# $2 is the default.
#
function getconf() {
   CURRENT_PARAM=$1
   ret=`@AWK@ -f $libdirectory/parseini S=$CURRENT_SECTION P=$CURRENT_PARAM $CURRENT_CONF_FILE`
   # if nothing is returned, set the default
   if [ "$ret" == "" -a "$2" != "" ]; then
      ret="$2"
   fi

   # replace * with %, so that it is not globbed.
   ret="${ret//\\*/__star__}"

   # this is weird, but single quotes are needed to
   # allow for returned values with spaces. $ret is still expanded
   # because it is in an 'eval' statement.
   eval $1='$ret'
}