appendArgTar(){
# Desc: Writes first argument to temporary file with arguments as options, then appends file to tar
# Usage: writeArg "$(echo "Data to be written.")" [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...)
+ # Version: 1.0.0
# Input: arg1: data to be written
# arg2: file name of file to be inserted into tar
# arg3: tar archive path (must exist first)
# appendArgTar "$(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" $HOME/archive.tar /tmp "gpg --decrypt" &
-
# Depends: bash 5
+ # Save function name
+ local FN="${FUNCNAME[0]}";
+ #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:Finished appendArgTar()."
+
# Set file name
- if ! [ -z "$2" ]; then FILENAME="$2"; else yell "ERROR:Not enough arguments."; exit 1; fi
+ 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 TAR_PATH="$3"; else yell "ERROR:Tar archive arg not a file."; exit 1; fi
+ if [ -f "$3" ]; then TAR_PATH="$3"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:Tar archive arg not a file."; exit 1; fi
# Check temp dir arg
- if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then TMP_DIR="$3"; else yell "ERROR:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi
+ if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then TMP_DIR="$4"; else yell "ERROR:$FN:No temporary working dir set."; exit 1; fi
# Set command strings
if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then CMD1="$5"; else CMD1="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 1
if ! [ -z "$7" ]; then CMD3="$7"; else CMD3="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 3
if ! [ -z "$8" ]; then CMD4="$8"; else CMD4="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 4
- # Debug
- yell "CMD1:$CMD1"
- yell "CMD2:$CMD2"
- yell "CMD3:$CMD3"
- yell "CMD4:$CMD4"
+ # # Debug
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$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:TAR_PATH:$TAR_PATH"
+ # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:TMP_DIR:$TMP_DIR"
+
# Write to temporary working dir
echo "$1" | $CMD1 | $CMD2 | $CMD3 | $CMD4 > "$TMP_DIR"/"$FILENAME";
# Append to tar
try tar --append --directory="$TMP_DIR" --file="$TAR_PATH" "$FILENAME";
-
+ #yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$FN:Finished appendArgTar()."
} # Append Bash var to file appended to Tar archive
#==BEGIN sample code==
myFile="/tmp/$(date +%s)..original"
echo "how are you doing?" > "$myFile"
-myVAR="$(cat $myFile)"
+myVAR="$(cat "$myFile")"
writeArg "$myVAR" "$myFile..LOUD_CHILD" "tee /tmp/cloneityclone " "tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'"
#==END sample code==