added dereferencing of links during snarf

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / archival / shared_snarfer.pl

diff --git a/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl b/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
index c6b9491071892868fa9c4a1beeca8e8f811345b2..3a24cc4eb9ff584770c2a4761842366c158e69a8 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
+++ b/scripts/archival/shared_snarfer.pl
@@ -44,9 +44,10 @@ $TMP =~ s/\\/\//g;  # fix the temp variable for ms-winders.
     "octalforty.Wizardby", "*.obr", "*.opt", "packages", 
     "*.pch", "*.pdb", "*.plg", "*.r$p", "*.rcs", "Release",
     "*.res", "*.RES", "*.rws", "*.sbr", "*.scc", "*.spx", "*.stackdump",
+    "Steam",
     "*.sdf", "*.suo", ".svn", "*.sym", "*.td", "*.tds", "*.tdw", "*.tlb",
     "*.trw", "*.tmp", "*.tr", "*.user", "*_version.h", "*_version.rc",
-    "*.vspscc", "waste");
+    "*.vspscc", "waste", "zeitgeist");
 #print "junk list=@junk_file_list\n";
 @excludes = ();
 for (local($i) = 0; $i < scalar(@junk_file_list); $i++) {
@@ -84,9 +85,12 @@ sub short_hostname {
 # a timestamp and hostname.
 sub snarf_prefix {
   local($base) = @_;
+
+#hmmm: extract this shared code to new function (also in safedel)
   $date_tool = "date";
   local($date_part) = `$date_tool +%Y-%m-%d-%H%M`;
   while ($date_part =~ /[\r\n]$/) { chop $date_part; }
+
   local($host) = &short_hostname();
   while ($host =~ /[\r\n]$/) { chop $host; }
   $base = $base . "_" . $host . "_" . $date_part;
@@ -129,9 +133,7 @@ sub chdir_to_top {
     # magic to get the paths to work right.
     local($drive) = substr($directory, 0, 4);  # get just drive letter biz.
 #print "going to change to $drive\n";
-    if (length($drive) > 0) {
-      chdir($drive);
-    }
+    chdir($drive);
 #print "cwd now=" . cwd() . "\n";
     $directory = substr($directory, 4);  # rip off absolutist path.
 #print "using dir now as $directory\n";
@@ -182,6 +184,8 @@ sub snarfer {
   }
 
   local($outcome) = 0xff & system $tar_tool, 
+#hmmm: trying to dereference symbolic links and stop missing stuff.
+"-h",
       "-rf", &canonicalize($target_file), @excludes,
       "--files-from=" . &canonicalize($temp_file);
   if ($outcome) {
@@ -206,6 +210,7 @@ sub snarf_file_list {
   local($target_file) = &snarf_name($prefix, $number);
 
   local($currdir) = cwd();
+#print "got root as: '$root'\n";
   chdir("$root");
 
   local(@files) = &glob_list($file_pattern);
@@ -222,7 +227,10 @@ sub snarf_file_list {
     }
     local($outcome) = 0xff & system $tar_tool,
 #"--directory=" . "$root",
-        @extra_flags, "-rf", &canonicalize($target_file), @excludes, $i;
+        @extra_flags, 
+#hmmm: trying to dereference symbolic links and stop missing stuff.
+"-h",
+"-rf", &canonicalize($target_file), @excludes, $i;
     if ($outcome) { die("failure to archive"); }
   }
   chdir("$currdir");
@@ -453,7 +461,7 @@ sub restore_archive {
   if ($outcome) { die("failure to undo archive"); }
 
   local($outcome) =
-      0xff & system "bash", "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/normal_perm.sh", ".";
+      0xff & system "bash", "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/security/normal_perm.sh", ".";
   if ($outcome) { die("failure to normalize permissions"); }
 
   # remove any links that might have crept in; these can cause mischief.