unitproc/bktemp-appendFileTar

   1 #!/bin/bash
   2
   3 # Desc: Template function to write data supplied as argument
   4
   5 yell() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370
   6 die() { yell "$*"; exit 111; }
   7 try() { "$@" || die "cannot $*"; }
   8 appendFileTar(){
   9     # Desc: Processes first file and then appends to tar
  10     # Usage: appendFileTar [file path] [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...)
  11     # Version: 1.0.1
  12     # Input: arg1: path of file to be (processed and) written
  13     #        arg2: name to use for file inserted into tar
  14     #        arg3: tar archive path (must exist first)
  15     #        arg4: temporary working dir
  16     #        arg5+: command strings (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ")
  17     # Output: file written to disk
  18     # Example: decrypt multiple large files in parallel
  19     #          appendFileTar /tmp/largefile1.gpg "largefile1" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
  20     #          appendFileTar /tmp/largefile2.gpg "largefile2" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
  21     #          appendFileTar /tmp/largefile3.gpg "largefile3" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
  22     # Depends: bash 5
  23
  24     # Save function name
  25     local FN="${FUNCNAME[0]}";
  26     #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:Finished appendFileTar()."
  27
  28     # Set file name
  29     if ! [ -z "$2" ]; then FILENAME="$2"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:Not enough arguments."; exit 1; fi
  30     # Check tar path is a file
  31     if [ -f "$3" ]; then TAR_PATH="$3"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:Tar archive arg not a file."; exit 1; fi
  32     # Check temp dir arg
  33     if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then TMP_DIR="$4"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi
  34     # Set command strings
  35     if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then CMD1="$5"; else CMD1="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 1
  36     if ! [ -z "$6" ]; then CMD2="$6"; else CMD2="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 2
  37     if ! [ -z "$7" ]; then CMD3="$7"; else CMD3="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 3
  38     if ! [ -z "$8" ]; then CMD4="$8"; else CMD4="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 4
  39     # # Debug
  40     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD1:$CMD1"
  41     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD2:$CMD2"
  42     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD3:$CMD3"
  43     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:CMD4:$CMD4"
  44     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:FILENAME:$FILENAME"
  45     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:TAR_PATH:$TAR_PATH"
  46     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:TMP_DIR:$TMP_DIR"
  47
  48     # Write to temporary working dir
  49     cat "$1" | $CMD1 | $CMD2 | $CMD3 | $CMD4 > "$TMP_DIR"/"$FILENAME";
  50
  51     # Append to tar
  52     try tar --append --directory="$TMP_DIR" --file="$TAR_PATH" "$FILENAME";
  53     #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:Finished appendFileTar()."
  54 } # Append file to Tar archive
  55
  56 #==BEGIN sample code==
  57 myTar="/tmp/$(date +%s).tar";
  58 try tar --create --file="$myTar" --files-from=/dev/null ;
  59 myFile="/tmp/$(date +%s)..original"
  60 echo "how are you doing?" > "$myFile"
  61 appendFileTar "$myFile" "$(date +%s)..LOUD_insidetar" "$myTar" "/dev/shm" "tee /tmp/$(date +%s)..outsidetar " "tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'"
  62 #==END sample code==
  63
  64 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval
  65 # License: GPLv3+