From 3621642d7b74e08f23d4d1958d5c0cbe362f8cad Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval <baltakatei@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 2020 20:30:11 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] feat(unitproc):appendFileTar:Simplified to use only one
 process cmd

Instead of specifying a finite number of process command arguments or
attempting to use an array to specify dynamic numbers of process
command arguments, instead, accept only a single command string
argument. If desired, multiple process command strings can be
concatenated before the combined string is provided as a single
argument to appendFileTar().
---
 unitproc/bktemp-appendFileTar | 37 +++++++++++------------------------
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-)

diff --git a/unitproc/bktemp-appendFileTar b/unitproc/bktemp-appendFileTar
index 46727ca..e0bccbb 100644
--- a/unitproc/bktemp-appendFileTar
+++ b/unitproc/bktemp-appendFileTar
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-
-# Desc: Template function to write data supplied as argument
+# 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: Processes first file and then appends to tar
-    # Usage: appendFileTar [file path] [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...)
-    # Version: 1.0.3
+    # Desc: Appends [processed] file to tar
+    # Usage: appendFileTar [file path] [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([process cmd])
+    # Version: 2.0.0
     # 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+: command strings (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ")
+    #        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, tar 1, yell()
-
+    # 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:Finished appendFileTar()."
+    #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
@@ -34,26 +32,13 @@ appendFileTar(){
     # 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 1
-    if ! [ -z "$6" ]; then cmd2="$6"; else cmd2="cat "; fi # command string 2
-    if ! [ -z "$7" ]; then cmd3="$7"; else cmd3="cat "; fi # command string 3
-    if ! [ -z "$8" ]; then cmd4="$8"; else cmd4="cat "; fi # command string 4
+    if ! [ -z "$5" ]; then cmd1="$5"; else cmd1="cat "; fi # command string
 
     # Input command string
-    cmd0="cat \"\$1\""
-    
-    # # Debug
-    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:cmd0:$cmd0"
-    # 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:$fn:tarPath:$tarPath"
-    # yell "DEBUG:STATUS:$fn:tmpDir:$tmpDir"
+    cmd0="cat \"\$1\"";
     
     # Write to temporary working dir
-    eval "$cmd0 | $cmd1 | $cmd2 | $cmd3 | $cmd4" > "$tmpDir"/"$fileName";
+    eval "$cmd0 | $cmd1" > "$tmpDir"/"$fileName";
 
     # Append to tar
     try tar --append --directory="$tmpDir" --file="$tarPath" "$fileName";
@@ -66,7 +51,7 @@ myTmpDir="/dev/shm";
 try tar --create --file="$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/$(date +%s)..outsidetar " "tr '[:lower:]' '[:upper:]'" && \
+appendFileTar "$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==
 
-- 
2.30.2