3 # Desc: Template function to write data supplied as argument 
   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 $*"; } 
   9     # Desc: Writes first argument to temporary file with arguments as options, then appends file to tar 
  10     # Usage: appendArgTar "$(echo "Data to be written.")" [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...) 
  12     # Input: arg1: data to be written 
  13     #        arg2: file name of file to be 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     #          appendArgTar "$(cat /tmp/largefile1.gpg)" "largefile1" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & 
  20     #          appendArgTar "$(cat /tmp/largefile2.gpg)" "largefile2" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & 
  21     #          appendArgTar "$(cat /tmp/largefile3.gpg)" "largefile3" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & 
  22     # Depends: bash 5, tar 1, yell() 
  23     # Ref/Attrib: Using 'eval' to construct command strings https://askubuntu.com/a/476533 
  25     local fn fileName tarPath tmpDir cmd0 cmd1 cmd2 cmd3 cmd4
 
  29     #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Finished appendArgTar()." 
  32     if ! [ -z "$2" ]; then fileName
="$2"; else yell 
"ERROR:$fn:Not enough arguments."; exit 1; fi 
  34     # Check tar path is a file 
  35     if [ -f "$3" ]; then tarPath
="$3"; else yell 
"ERROR:$fn:Tar archive arg not a file."; exit 1; fi 
  38     if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then tmpDir
="$4"; else yell 
"ERROR:$fn:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi 
  41     if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then cmd1
="$5"; else cmd1
="cat "; fi # command string 1 
  42     if ! [ -z "$6" ]; then cmd2
="$6"; else cmd2
="cat "; fi # command string 2 
  43     if ! [ -z "$7" ]; then cmd3
="$7"; else cmd3
="cat "; fi # command string 3 
  44     if ! [ -z "$8" ]; then cmd4
="$8"; else cmd4
="cat "; fi # command string 4 
  50     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd0:$cmd0" 
  51     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd1:$cmd1" 
  52     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd2:$cmd2" 
  53     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd3:$cmd3" 
  54     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd4:$cmd4" 
  55     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:fileName:$fileName" 
  56     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:tarPath:$tarPath" 
  57     # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:tmpDir:$tmpDir" 
  59     # Write to temporary working dir 
  60     eval "$cmd0 | $cmd1 | $cmd2 | $cmd3 | $cmd4" > "$tmpDir"/"$fileName"; 
  63     try 
tar --append --directory="$tmpDir" --file="$tarPath" "$fileName"; 
  64     #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Finished appendArgTar()." 
  65 } # Append Bash var to file appended to Tar archive 
  67 #==BEGIN sample code== 
  68 myTar
="/tmp/$(date +%s).tar"; 
  70 try 
tar --create --file="$myTar" --files-from=/dev
/null 
; 
  71 myVar
="how are you doing?" 
  72 appendArgTar 
"$myVar" "$(date +%s)..LOUD_insidetar" "$myTar" "$myTmpDir" "tee /tmp/$(date +%s)..outsidetar " "tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'" && \
 
  73     echo "Created $myTar using $myTmpDir as temp working dir." 
  76 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval