-function setfile() {
- CURRENT_CONF_FILE=$1
-}
-
-function setsection() {
- CURRENT_SECTION=$1
-}
-
-
-#
-# 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
-}
-
-
-#
-# 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 $scriptdir/parseini S=$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'
-}
-