# This defines some general, useful functions.
+#hmmm: starting to get a bit beefy in here. perhaps there is a good way to refactor the functions into more specific folders, if they aren't really totally general purpose?
+
+##############
+
# test whether we've been here before or not.
skip_all=
type function_sentinel &>/dev/null
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
# there was no error, so we can skip the inits.
- if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then
+ if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
echo "skipping function definitions, because already defined."
fi
skip_all=yes
if [ -z "$skip_all" ]; then
- if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then
+ if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then
echo "feisty meow function definitions beginning now..."
fi
return $?
}
+ ##############
+
# displays the value of a variable in bash friendly format.
function var() {
HOLDIFS="$IFS"
IFS="$HOLDIFS"
}
+ ##############
+
# when passed a list of things, this will return the unique items from that list as an echo.
function uniquify()
{
fi
}
+ ##############
+
function success_sound()
{
if [ ! -z "$CLAM_FINISH_SOUND" ]; then
fi
}
+ ##############
+
+ # echoes the maximum number of columns that the terminal supports. usually
+ # anything you print to the terminal with length less than (but not equal to)
+ # maxcols will never wrap.
+ function get_maxcols()
+ {
+ # calculate the number of columsn in the terminal.
+ local cols=$(stty size | awk '{print $2}')
+ echo $cols
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
# checks the result of the last command that was run, and if that failed,
# then this complains and exits from bash. the function parameters are
# used as the message to print as a complaint.
- function check_result()
+ function test_or_die()
{
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
- echo -e "failed on: $*"
+ echo -e "\n\naction failed: $*\n\nExiting script..."
error_sound
exit 1
fi
}
+ # like test_or_die, but will keep going after complaining.
+ function test_or_continue()
+ {
+ if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+ echo -e "\n\nerror occurred: $*\n\nContinuing script..."
+ error_sound
+ fi
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # wraps secure shell with some parameters we like, most importantly to enable X forwarding.
+ function ssh()
+ {
+ local args=($*)
+ # we remember the old terminal title, then force the TERM variable to a more generic
+ # version for the other side (just 'linux'); we don't want the remote side still
+ # thinking it's running xterm.
+ save_terminal_title
+#hmmm: why were we doing this? it scorches the user's logged in session, leaving it without proper terminal handling.
+# # we save the value of TERM; we don't want to leave the user's terminal
+# # brain dead once we come back from this function.
+# local oldterm="$TERM"
+# export TERM=linux
+ /usr/bin/ssh -X -C "${args[@]}"
+# # restore the terminal variable also.
+# TERM="$oldterm"
+ restore_terminal_title
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
# locates a process given a search pattern to match in the process list.
# supports a single command line flag style parameter of "-u USERNAME";
# if the -u flag is found, a username is expected afterwards, and only the
fi
}
+ ##############
+
+#hmmm: holy crowbars, this is an old one. do we ever still have any need of it?
# an unfortunately similarly named function to the above 'ps' as in process
# methods, but this 'ps' stands for postscript. this takes a postscript file
# and converts it into pcl3 printer language and then ships it to the printer.
done
}
-# function fix_alsa() {
-# sudo /etc/init.d/alsasound restart
-# }
+#hmmm: not really doing anything yet; ubuntu seems to have changed from pulseaudio in 17.04?
+ # restarts the sound driver.
+ function fix_sound_driver() {
+ # stop bash complaining about blank function body.
+ local nothing=
+#if alsa something
+# sudo service alsasound restart
+#elif pulse something
+# sudo pulseaudio -k
+# sudo pulseaudio -D
+#else
+# something else...?
+#fi
+
+ }
function screen() {
save_terminal_title
# sudo function wraps the normal sudo by ensuring we replace the terminal
# label if they're doing an su with the sudo.
function sudo() {
-# local first_command="$1"
save_terminal_title
/usr/bin/sudo "$@"
+ retval=$?
restore_terminal_title
# if [ "$first_command" == "su" ]; then
# # yep, they were doing an su, but they're back now.
# label_terminal_with_info
# fi
+ return $retval
}
- # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and svn leave behind when finding conflicts.
+ # trashes the .#blah files that cvs and subversion leave behind when finding conflicts.
# this kind of assumes you've already checked them for any salient facts.
function clean_cvs_junk() {
for i in $*; do
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_SCRIPTS/generator/produce_feisty_meow.sh"
+ echo
else
$wheres_nechung
fi
echo "but that folder does not exist. Skipping customization."
return 1
fi
+
+ # prevent permission foul-ups.
+#hmmm: save error output here instead of muting it.
+#hmmm: better yet actually, just don't complain on freaking cygwin, since that's where this happens
+ chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+ "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK"/* "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE"/* 2>/dev/null
+ test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
+
regenerate >/dev/null
pushd "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" &>/dev/null
incongruous_files="$(bash "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/list_non_dupes.sh" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom")"
-
+
+ local fail_message="\n
+are the perl dependencies installed? if you're on ubuntu or debian, try this:\n
+ $(grep "apt-get.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n
+or if you're on cygwin, then try this (if apt-cyg is available):\n
+ $(grep "apt-cyg.*perl" $FEISTY_MEOW_APEX/readme.txt)\n";
+
#echo "the incongruous files list is: $incongruous_files"
# disallow a single character result, since we get "*" as result when nothing exists yet.
if [ ${#incongruous_files} -ge 2 ]; then
echo "cleaning unknown older overrides..."
perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/files/safedel.pl" $incongruous_files
+ test_or_continue "running safedel. $fail_message"
echo
fi
popd &>/dev/null
echo "copying custom overrides for $custom_user"
mkdir -p "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom" 2>/dev/null
perl "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/text/cpdiff.pl" "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom"
+ test_or_continue "running cpdiff. $fail_message"
+
if [ -d "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" ]; then
echo "copying custom scripts for $custom_user"
- \cp -R "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/"
+ rsync -avz "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/customize/$custom_user/scripts" "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK/custom/" &>/dev/null
+ test_or_continue "copying customization scripts"
+#hmmm: could save output to show if an error occurs.
fi
echo
regenerate
+ # prevent permission foul-ups, again.
+ chown -R "$(logname):$(logname)" \
+ "$FEISTY_MEOW_LOADING_DOCK" "$FEISTY_MEOW_GENERATED_STORE" 2>/dev/null
+ test_or_continue "chowning to $(logname) didn't happen."
+
restore_terminal_title
}
return 0
}
- # defines a variable within the feisty meow environment and remembers that
- # this is a new or modified definition. if the feisty meow codebase is
- # unloaded, then so are all the variables that were defined.
- # this function always exports the variables it defines.
-# function define_yeti_variable()
-# {
-## if variable exists already, save old value for restore,
-## otherwise save null value for restore,
-## have to handle unsetting if there was no prior value of one
-## we newly defined.
-## add variable name to a list of feisty defined variables.
-#
-##hmmm: first implem just sets it up and exports the variable.
-## i.e., this method always exports.
-#export "${@}"
-#
-#
-#return 0
-# }
-
##############
#hmmm: this points to an extended functions file being needed; not all of these are core.
##############
+ # count the number of sub-directories in a directory and echo the result.
+ function count_directories()
+ {
+ local appsdir="$1"; shift
+ numdirs="$(find "$appsdir" -mindepth 1 -maxdepth 1 -type d | wc -l)"
+ echo $numdirs
+ }
+
+ # takes a string and capitalizes just the first character. any capital letters in the remainder of
+ # the string are made lower case. the processed string is returned by an echo.
+ function capitalize_first_char()
+ {
+ local to_dromedary="$1"; shift
+ to_dromedary="$(tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]' <<< ${to_dromedary:0:1})$(tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' <<< ${to_dromedary:1})"
+ echo "$to_dromedary"
+ }
+
+ # given a source path and a target path, this will make a symbolic link from
+ # the source to the destination, but only if the source actually exists.
+ function make_safe_link()
+ {
+ local src="$1"; shift
+ local target="$1"; shift
+
+ if [ -d "$src" ]; then
+ ln -s "$src" "$target"
+ test_or_die "Creating symlink from '$src' to '$target'"
+ fi
+ echo "Created symlink from '$src' to '$target'."
+ }
+
+ # pretty prints the json files provided as parameters.
+ function clean_json()
+ {
+ if [ -z "$*" ]; then return; fi
+ local show_list=()
+ while true; do
+ local file="$1"; shift
+ if [ -z "$file" ]; then break; fi
+ if [ ! -f "$file" ]; then "echo File '$file' does not exist."; continue; fi
+ temp_out="$TMP/$file.view"
+ cat "$file" | python -m json.tool > "$temp_out"
+ show_list+=($temp_out)
+ test_or_continue "pretty printing '$file'"
+ done
+ filedump "${show_list[@]}"
+ rm "${show_list[@]}"
+ }
+
+ function json_text()
+ {
+ # only print our special headers or text fields.
+ local CR=$'\r'
+ local LF=$'\n'
+ clean_json $* |
+ grep -i "\"text\":\|^=.*" |
+ sed -e "s/\\\\r/$CR/g" -e "s/\\\\n/\\$LF/g"
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # echoes the machine's hostname. can be used like so:
+ # local my_host=$(get_hostname)
+ function get_hostname()
+ {
+ # there used to be more variation in how to do this, but adopting mingw
+ # and cygwin tools really helped out.
+ local this_host=unknown
+ if [ "$OS" == "Windows_NT" ]; then
+ this_host=$(hostname)
+ elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep apple)" ]; then
+ this_host=$(hostname)
+ elif [ ! -z "$(echo $MACHTYPE | grep suse)" ]; then
+ this_host=$(hostname --long)
+ elif [ -x "$(which hostname 2>/dev/null)" ]; then
+ this_host=$(hostname)
+ fi
+ echo "$this_host"
+ }
+
+ # makes sure that the provided "folder" is a directory and is writable.
+ function test_writeable()
+ {
+ local folder="$1"; shift
+ if [ ! -d "$folder" -o ! -w "$folder" ]; then return 1; fi
+ return 0
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # given a filename and a string to seek and a number of lines, then this
+ # function will remove the first occurrence of a line in the file that
+ # matches the string, and it will also axe the next N lines as specified.
+ function create_chomped_copy_of_file()
+ {
+ local filename="$1"; shift
+ local seeker="$1"; shift
+ local numlines=$1; shift
+
+#echo into create_chomped_copy...
+#var filename seeker numlines
+
+ # make a backup first, oy.
+ \cp -f "$filename" "/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}"
+ test_or_die "backing up file: $filename"
+
+ # make a temp file to write to before we move file into place in bind.
+ local new_version="/tmp/$(basename ${filename}).bkup-${RANDOM}"
+ \rm -f "$new_version"
+ test_or_die "cleaning out new version of file from: $new_version"
+
+ local line
+ local skip_count=0
+ local found_any=
+ while read line; do
+ # don't bother looking at the lines if we're already in skip mode.
+ if [[ $skip_count == 0 ]]; then
+ # find the string they're seeking.
+ if [[ ! "$line" =~ .*${seeker}.* ]]; then
+ # no match.
+ echo "$line" >> "$new_version"
+ else
+ # a match! start skipping. we will delete this line and the next N lines.
+ ((skip_count++))
+#echo first skip count is now $skip_count
+ found_any=yes
+ fi
+ else
+ # we're already skipping. let's keep going until we hit the limit.
+ ((skip_count++))
+#echo ongoing skip count is now $skip_count
+ if (( $skip_count > $numlines )); then
+ echo "Done skipping, and back to writing output file."
+ skip_count=0
+ fi
+ fi
+ done < "$filename"
+
+#echo file we created looks like this:
+#cat "$new_version"
+
+ if [ ! -z "$found_any" ]; then
+ # put the file back into place under the original name.
+ \mv "$new_version" "$filename"
+ test_or_die "moving the new version into place in: $filename"
+ else
+ # cannot always be considered an error, but we can at least gripe.
+ echo "Did not find any matches for seeker '$seeker' in file: $filename"
+ fi
+ }
+
+ ##############
+
+ # NOTE: no more function definitions are allowed after this point.
+
function function_sentinel()
{
return 0;
}
- if [ ! -z "$SHELL_DEBUG" ]; then echo "feisty meow function definitions done."; fi
+ if [ ! -z "$DEBUG_FEISTY_MEOW" ]; then echo "feisty meow function definitions done."; fi
##############
echo running tests on set_var_if_undefined.
flagrant=petunia
set_var_if_undefined flagrant forknordle
- check_result "testing if defined variable would be whacked"
+ test_or_die "testing if defined variable would be whacked"
if [ $flagrant != petunia ]; then
echo set_var_if_undefined failed to leave the test variable alone
exit 1