created function maketemp, to be used by backupninja

[matthijs/upstream/backupninja.git] / backupninja

diff --git a/backupninja b/backupninja
index ea7304e115918c95f839b293dd4156cc6dac14f5..d653144a66520082f9ffd0472d59533a59c4f025 100755 (executable)
--- a/backupninja
+++ b/backupninja
@@ -131,6 +131,23 @@ 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
@@ -305,14 +322,7 @@ function process_action() {
        let "actions_run += 1"
 
        # call the handler:
-       if [ -x /bin/mktemp ]
-       then
-               local bufferfile=`mktemp /tmp/backupninja.buffer.XXXXXXXX`
-       else
-               DATE=`date`
-               sectmp=`echo $DATE | /usr/bin/md5sum | cut -d- -f1`
-               local bufferfile=/tmp/backupninja.buffer.$sectmp
-       fi
+       local bufferfile=`maketemp backupninja.buffer`
        echo "" > $bufferfile
        echo_debug_msg=1
        (