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[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / files / whack_dupes.sh

diff --git a/scripts/files/whack_dupes.sh b/scripts/files/whack_dupes.sh
index aa90cb6cd5f41f63ae193d034194a7725ba44e13..ac20b3d9b847f8ee38cb8c81a56b7a26894b8897 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/files/whack_dupes.sh
+++ b/scripts/files/whack_dupes.sh
@@ -2,31 +2,29 @@
 
 # whacks the files in the current directory which are duplicates of the
 # files in the directory passed as a parameter.
-# if there is a second parameter, then it is used as the "current directory".
+# if there is a second parameter, then it is used as the "current directory"
+# and it will be the target of any deletions.
 
 exemplar_dir="$1"; shift
 whack_dir="$1"; shift
 
 # make sure they gave us a good directory to start with.
 if [ -z "$exemplar_dir" ]; then
-  echo "whack_dupes"
-  echo "-----------"
-  echo ""
-  echo "This program needs at least one directory parameter.  The files in the"
-  echo "current directory will be removed if a file in the specified directory"
-  echo "already exists.  So... the current directory is the less important one"
-  echo "and is presumed to have duplicates AND the directory given as parameter"
-  echo "is considered important and has the best versions of the files."
+  echo "$(basename $0 .sh): This program needs at least one directory parameter."
+  echo "The files in the current directory will be removed if a file in the specified directory"
+  echo "already exists.  So... the current directory is the less important one and is presumed"
+  echo "to have duplicates AND the directory given as parameter is considered important and has"
+  echo "the best versions of the files."
   echo "If there is an optional second parameter, then that is used as the"
   echo "\"current\" directory where we start from; it will be the less important"
   echo "directory and will have its entries cleaned if they're duplicates."
-  exit 42;
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # check to make sure they gave us a good directory.
 if [ ! -z "$whack_dir" -a ! -d "$whack_dir" ]; then
   echo "the directory $whack_dir does not exist."
-  exit 3
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # test the tasty remote location with the better contents.
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ pushd "$exemplar_dir" &>/dev/null
 if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
   # an error getting to this directory means its no good for us.
   echo "the directory $exemplar_dir is inaccessible."
-  exit 2
+  exit 1
 fi
 the_good_place="$(pwd)"
 popd &>/dev/null
@@ -46,12 +44,12 @@ fi
 
 current_dir="$(pwd)"
 
-echo "currdir=$current_dir gooddir=$the_good_place"
+#echo "currdir=$current_dir gooddir=$the_good_place"
 
 if [ "$current_dir" == "$the_good_place" ]; then
   # this is not good; they're the same location.
   echo "the request would whack all the files in the current directory; ignoring."
-  exit 4
+  exit 1
 fi
 
 # do the real work now...