function update_source_folders()
{
folder="$1"; shift
+ sep
if [ ! -d "$folder" ]; then
echo "The folder '$folder' does not exist, so skipping repository update there."
return;
return 1
fi
popd
+ sep
}
# this attempts to copy all the contents in a folder called "from" into a folder
sep
if [ ! -d "$from" ]; then
- echo "skipping synch on missing source directory $from; this is not normal!"
- return 1
+ echo "skipping synch on missing source directory: ${from}"
+ return 0
fi
if [ ! -d "$to" ]; then
- echo "skipping synch into non-existent directory $to"
- return
+ echo "skipping synch into non-existent target directory $to"
+ return 0
fi
echo "synching from $from into $to"
echo successfully updated all expected portions of the target drive at:
echo " $target_folder"
+ echo
+ popd
}
+# compares one local well-known folder against the similar folder on a
+# remote destination.
+function do_a_folder_compare()
+{
+ local archname="$1"; shift
+ local dest="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$archname" -o -z "$dest" ]; then
+ echo "do_a_folder_compare needs an archive name and a destination host."
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ if [ -d "/z/$archname" ]; then
+ sep 14
+ echo "Comparing $archname folder..."
+ compare_dirs /z/${archname} ${dest}:/z/${archname}
+ sep 14
+ fi
+}
+
+# runs through all the local archives on this host to make sure nothing is
+# different when compared with the mainline versions on the specified host.
+function uber_archive_comparator()
+{
+ local target="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$target" ]; then
+ echo uber_archive_comparator needs the target host to compare with.
+ return 1
+ fi
+
+ sep 14
+ echo "comparing against host '$target'"
+ sep 14
+
+#hmmm: shouldn't this be a list in a variable someplace?
+ for archicle in \
+ basement \
+ imaginations \
+ musix \
+ toaster \
+ walrus \
+ ; do
+ do_a_folder_compare $archicle $target
+ done
+}
+
+
+#hmmm: abstractable piece? the runtime plug at the end of a library script?
+# this block should execute when the script is actually run, rather
+# than when it's just being sourced.
+if [[ $0 =~ .*general_updater\.sh.* ]]; then
+ source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
+ exit_on_error "sourcing the feisty meow environment"
+ update_archive_drive "${@}"
+ exit_on_error "updating archive drive at: $*"
+fi