#!/bin/bash
# a simple script that backs up the opensim database assets.
-source $FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/date_stringer.sh
+#hmmm: need to parameterize for the database name and secrets file and all that.
+# would be nice to have a block of opensim variables, perhaps an associative
+# array of config chunks.
+
+source "$FEISTY_MEOW_SCRIPTS/core/launch_feisty_meow.sh"
host=$(echo $(hostname) | sed -e 's/\([^.]*\)\..*/\1/')
-bkupname=osgrid_bkup_${host}_$(date_stringer).mysql_bkup
-mysqldump -u griduser -p$(cat $HOME/.secrets/opensim_db_password.txt) opengrid > $bkupname
+bkupname="backup-osgrid_${host}_$(date_stringer).mysql_bkup"
+mysqldump -u griduser -p$(cat $HOME/.secrets/opensim_db_password.txt) opengrid > "$bkupname"
# note that the above assumes the database is called "opensim". it might be
# called opengrid instead, based on the setup procedure that was followed.
# likewise the user might be someone other than "griduser".
-gzip $bkupname
+gzip "$bkupname"