example fstab for nas setup. added random password function.

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / core / functions.sh

diff --git a/scripts/core/functions.sh b/scripts/core/functions.sh
index 20bb047567d2e0fd831c5eab79cdce9b2a57c640..3a86546be0abcc7a9f1b00b6c4c7e9cb306791a7 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/core/functions.sh
+++ b/scripts/core/functions.sh
@@ -156,10 +156,10 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
   }
   
-  # switches from a /X/path form to an X:/ form.
+  # switches from a /X/path form to an X:/ form.  this also processes cygwin paths.
   function msys_to_dos_path() {
     # we always remove dos slashes in favor of forward slashes.
-    echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\/\([a-zA-Z]\)\/\(.*\)/\1:\/\2/'
+    echo "$1" | sed -e 's/\\/\//g' | sed -e 's/\/cygdrive//' | sed -e 's/\/\([a-zA-Z]\)\/\(.*\)/\1:\/\2/'
   }
   
   # switches from an X:/ form to an /X/path form.
@@ -211,26 +211,6 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
     fi
   }
   
-  # buntar is a long needed uncompressing macro that feeds into tar -x.
-  # it takes a list of bz2 file names and extracts their contents into
-  # sequentially numbered directories.
-  function buntar() {
-    index=1
-    for i in $*; do
-      mkdir buntar_$index
-      pushd buntar_$index &>/dev/null
-      file=$i
-      # if the filename has no directory component, we will assume it used to
-      # be above our unzipping directory here.
-      if [ "$(basename $file)" = $file ]; then
-        file=../$file
-      fi
-      bunzip2 -d -c $file | tar -xf -
-      popd &>/dev/null
-      index=$(expr $index + 1)
-    done
-  }
-  
   # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and svn leave behind when finding conflicts.
   # this kind of assumes you've already checked them for any salient facts.
   function clean_cvs_junk() {
@@ -238,20 +218,36 @@ if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
       find $i -follow -type f -iname ".#*" -exec perl $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl {} ";" 
     done
   }
-  
-  # recreates all the generated files that the feisty meow scripts use.
-  function regenerate() {
-    bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/bootstrap_shells.sh
-    echo
+
+  # overlay for nechung binary so that we can complain less grossly about it when it's missing.
+  function nechung() {
     local wheres_nechung=$(which nechung 2>/dev/null)
     if [ -z "$wheres_nechung" ]; then
       echo "The nechung oracle program cannot be found.  You may want to consider"
       echo "rebuilding the feisty meow applications with this command:"
       echo "   bash $FEISTY_MEOW_DIR/scripts/generator/bootstrap_build.sh"
     else
-      nechung
+      $wheres_nechung
     fi
   }
+  
+  # recreates all the generated files that the feisty meow scripts use.
+  function regenerate() {
+    bash $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/bootstrap_shells.sh
+    echo
+    nechung
+  }
+
+  # generates a random password where the first parameter is the number of characters
+  # in the password (default 20) and the second parameter specifies whether to use
+  # special characters (1) or not (0).
+  # found function at http://legroom.net/2010/05/06/bash-random-password-generator
+  function random_password()
+  {
+    [ "$2" == "0" ] && CHAR="[:alnum:]" || CHAR="[:graph:]"
+    cat /dev/urandom | tr -cd "$CHAR" | head -c ${1:-32}
+    echo
+  }
 
   function function_sentinel() { return 0; }