feat(unitproc/bkt-replace_apos) Handle more replacement cases

[BK-2020-03.git] / unitproc / bkt-appendArgTar

#!/bin/bash

# Desc: Template function to write data supplied as argument

yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; }
try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; }
appendArgTar(){
    # Desc: Writes first argument to temporary file with arguments as options, then appends file to tar
    # Usage: appendArgTar "$(echo "Data to be written.")" [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...)
    # Version: 1.0.6
    # Input: arg1: data to be written
    #        arg2: file name of file to be inserted into tar
    #        arg3: tar archive path (must exist first)
    #        arg4: temporary working dir
    #        arg5+: command strings (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ")
    # Output: file written to disk
    # Example: decrypt multiple large files in parallel
    #          appendArgTar "$(cat /tmp/largefile1.gpg)" "largefile1" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
    #          appendArgTar "$(cat /tmp/largefile2.gpg)" "largefile2" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
    #          appendArgTar "$(cat /tmp/largefile3.gpg)" "largefile3" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
    # Depends: bash 5, tar 1, yell()
    # Ref/Attrib: Using 'eval' to construct command strings https://askubuntu.com/a/476533

    local fn fileName tarPath tmpDir cmd0 cmd1 cmd2 cmd3 cmd4

    # Save function name
    fn="${FUNCNAME[0]}";
    #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Finished appendArgTar()."
    
    # Set file name
    if ! [ -z "$2" ]; then fileName="$2"; else yell "ERROR:$fn:Not enough arguments."; exit 1; fi
    
    # Check tar path is a file
    if [ -f "$3" ]; then tarPath="$3"; else yell "ERROR:$fn:Tar archive arg not a file."; exit 1; fi
	
    # Check temp dir arg
    if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then tmpDir="$4"; else yell "ERROR:$fn:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi
    
    # Set command strings
    if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then cmd1="$5"; else cmd1="cat "; fi # command string 1
    if ! [ -z "$6" ]; then cmd2="$6"; else cmd2="cat "; fi # command string 2
    if ! [ -z "$7" ]; then cmd3="$7"; else cmd3="cat "; fi # command string 3
    if ! [ -z "$8" ]; then cmd4="$8"; else cmd4="cat "; fi # command string 4

    # Input command
    cmd0="echo \"\$1\""

    # # Debug
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd0:$cmd0"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd1:$cmd1"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd2:$cmd2"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd3:$cmd3"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd4:$cmd4"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:fileName:$fileName"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:tarPath:$tarPath"
    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:tmpDir:$tmpDir"
    
    # Write to temporary working dir
    eval "$cmd0 | $cmd1 | $cmd2 | $cmd3 | $cmd4" > "$tmpDir"/"$fileName";

    # Append to tar
    try tar --append --directory="$tmpDir" --file="$tarPath" "$fileName";
    #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Finished appendArgTar()."
} # Append Bash var to file appended to Tar archive

#==BEGIN sample code==
myTar="/tmp/$(date +%s).tar";
myTmpDir="/dev/shm"
try tar --create --file="$myTar" --files-from=/dev/null ;
myVar="how are you doing?"
appendArgTar "$myVar" "$(date +%s)..LOUD_insidetar" "$myTar" "$myTmpDir" "tee /tmp/$(date +%s)..outsidetar " "tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'" && \
    echo "Created $myTar using $myTmpDir as temp working dir."
#==END sample code==

# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
# License: GPLv3+