2 # Desc: Append [processed] file to tar 
   4 yell
() { echo "$0: $*" >&2; } # Yell, Die, Try Three-Fingered Claw technique; # Ref/Attrib: https://stackoverflow.com/a/25515370 
   5 die
() { yell 
"$*"; exit 111; } 
   6 try
() { "$@" || die 
"cannot $*"; } 
   8     # Desc: Appends [processed] file to tar 
   9     # Usage: appendFileTar [file path] [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([process cmd]) 
  11     # Input: arg1: path of file to be (processed and) written 
  12     #        arg2: name to use for file inserted into tar 
  13     #        arg3: tar archive path (must exist first) 
  14     #        arg4: temporary working dir 
  15     #        arg5: (optional) command string to process file (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ") 
  16     # Output: file written to disk 
  17     # Example: decrypt multiple large files in parallel 
  18     #          appendFileTar /tmp/largefile1.gpg "largefile1" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & 
  19     #          appendFileTar /tmp/largefile2.gpg "largefile2" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & 
  20     #          appendFileTar /tmp/largefile3.gpg "largefile3" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & 
  21     # Depends: bash 5.0.3, tar 1.30, cat 8.30, yell() 
  22     local fn fileName tarPath tmpDir
 
  26     #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Started appendFileTar()." 
  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 tarPath
="$3"; else yell 
"ERROR:$fn:Tar archive arg not a file:$3"; exit 1; fi 
  33     if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then tmpDir
="$4"; else yell 
"ERROR:$fn:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi 
  35     if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then cmd1
="$5"; else cmd1
="cat "; fi # command string 
  37     # Input command string 
  40     # Write to temporary working dir 
  41     eval "$cmd0 | $cmd1" > "$tmpDir"/"$fileName"; 
  44     try 
tar --append --directory="$tmpDir" --file="$tarPath" "$fileName"; 
  45     #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Finished appendFileTar()." 
  46 } # Append [processed] file to Tar archive 
  48 #==BEGIN sample code== 
  49 myTar
="/tmp/$(date +%s).tar"; 
  51 try 
tar --create --file="$myTar" --files-from=/dev
/null 
; 
  52 myFile
="/tmp/$(date +%s)..original"; 
  53 echo "how are you doing?" > "$myFile"; 
  54 appendFileTar 
"$myFile" "$(date +%s)..LOUD_insidetar" "$myTar" "$myTmpDir" "tee /tmp/$(date +%s)..outsidetar | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'" && \
 
  55     echo "Inserted a processed version of $myFile into $myTar using temp dir $myTmpDir "; 
  58 # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval