#!/bin/bash # Desc: Append [processed] file to tar 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 $*"; } appendFileTar(){ # Desc: Appends [processed] file to tar # Usage: appendFileTar [file path] [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([process cmd]) # Version: 2.0.1 # Input: arg1: path of file to be (processed and) written # arg2: name to use for file inserted into tar # arg3: tar archive path (must exist first) # arg4: temporary working dir # arg5: (optional) command string to process file (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ") # Output: file written to disk # Example: decrypt multiple large files in parallel # appendFileTar /tmp/largefile1.gpg "largefile1" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & # appendFileTar /tmp/largefile2.gpg "largefile2" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & # appendFileTar /tmp/largefile3.gpg "largefile3" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" & # Depends: bash 5.0.3, tar 1.30, cat 8.30, yell() local fn fileName tarPath tmpDir # Save function name fn="${FUNCNAME[0]}"; #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Started appendFileTar()." # 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:$3"; 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="$5"; else cmd1="cat "; fi # command string # Input command string cmd0="cat \"\$1\""; # Write to temporary working dir eval "$cmd0 | $cmd1" > "$tmpDir"/"$fileName"; # Append to tar try tar --append --directory="$tmpDir" --file="$tarPath" "$fileName"; #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:Finished appendFileTar()." } # Append [processed] file to Tar archive #==BEGIN sample code== myTar="/tmp/$(date +%s).tar"; myTmpDir="/dev/shm"; try tar --create --file="$myTar" --files-from=/dev/null ; myFile="/tmp/$(date +%s)..original"; echo "how are you doing?" > "$myFile"; appendFileTar "$myFile" "$(date +%s)..LOUD_insidetar" "$myTar" "$myTmpDir" "tee /tmp/$(date +%s)..outsidetar | tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'" && \ echo "Inserted a processed version of $myFile into $myTar using temp dir $myTmpDir "; #==END sample code== # Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval # License: GPLv3+