improved comparator

[feisty_meow.git] / scripts / archival / general_updater.sh

diff --git a/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh b/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh
index 7dac5777b1291eacc5b77109fd57a1d2619ce2a0..c0431eee786421aafbf923d835fc56a8dc8640aa 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh
+++ b/scripts/archival/general_updater.sh
@@ -99,11 +99,18 @@ function update_archive_drive()
 }
 
 # compares one local well-known folder against the similar folder on a
-# remote destination.
+# remote destination.  the first folder is the archive name, with no paths.
+# the second paramter is the local path component of the archive, such as
+# "/z" if the archives are found in the /z hierarchy.  the third parameter
+# is the remote location of the archive, which should just be a host name.
+# the fourth parameter is the destination path component to match the local
+# path component (since these can differ).
 function do_a_folder_compare()
 {
   local archname="$1"; shift
+  local pathing="$1"; shift
   local dest="$1"; shift
+  local destpath="$1"; shift
   if [ -z "$archname" -o -z "$dest" ]; then
     echo "do_a_folder_compare needs an archive name and a destination host."
     return 1
@@ -111,24 +118,31 @@ function do_a_folder_compare()
 
   if [ -d "/z/$archname" ]; then
     sep 14
-    echo "Comparing $archname folder..."
-    compare_dirs /z/${archname} ${dest}:/z/${archname}
+    echo "Comparing ${pathing}/${archname} with remote $dest:${destpath}/${archname}"
+    compare_dirs ${pathing}/${archname} ${dest}:${destpath}/${archname}
     sep 14
   fi
 }
 
 # runs through all the local archives on this host to make sure nothing is
 # different when compared with the mainline versions on the specified host.
+# the first parameter is the remote version to compare against.  if there is
+# a second parameter, it is used as the path on the local machine where the
+# comparison should be based (e.g. an archive drive rather than /z/).
 function uber_archive_comparator()
 {
-  local target="$1"; shift
-  if [ -z "$target" ]; then
-    echo uber_archive_comparator needs the target host to compare with.
+  local remote_arch="$1"; shift
+  if [ -z "$remote_arch" ]; then
+    echo uber_archive_comparator needs the remote archive host to compare with.
     return 1
   fi
+  local local_place="$1"; shift
+  if [ -z "$local_place" ]; then
+    local_place="/z"
+  fi
 
   sep 14
-  echo "comparing against host '$target'"
+  echo "comparing against host '$remote_arch'"
   sep 14
 
 #hmmm: shouldn't this be a list in a variable someplace?
@@ -139,7 +153,7 @@ function uber_archive_comparator()
     toaster \
     walrus \
     ; do
-      do_a_folder_compare $archicle $target
+      do_a_folder_compare ${archicle} ${local_place} ${remote_arch} "/z"
   done
 }