sys: support selection of VServers to run on with the new vsnames configuration optio...

[matthijs/upstream/backupninja.git] / lib / tools.in

diff --git a/lib/tools.in b/lib/tools.in
index 89f2ff733918e888fc79a2f927252ee63e8bd346..37fa2129105ede12e8da22113870056e32a4297b 100644 (file)
--- a/lib/tools.in
+++ b/lib/tools.in
@@ -1,5 +1,10 @@
 #!@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.
@@ -10,10 +15,41 @@ function maketemp() {
                local tempfile=`mktemp /tmp/$1.XXXXXXXX`
        else
                DATE=`date`
-               sectmp=`echo $DATE | /usr/bin/md5sum | cut -d- -f1`
+               sectmp=`echo $DATE | @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'
+}