backupninja/lib/tools.in
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#!@BASH@
# -*- mode: sh; sh-basic-offset: 3; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
# This file contains functions shared between ninjahelper and backupninja.
#####################################################
## MISC FUNCTIONS
#
# create a temporary file in a secure way.
#
function maketemp() {
if [ -x /bin/mktemp ]
then
local tempfile=`mktemp /tmp/$1.XXXXXXXX`
else
DATE=`date`
sectmp=`echo $DATE | /usr/bin/md5sum | cut -d- -f1`
local tempfile=/tmp/$1.$sectmp
fi
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'
}