+appendArgTar(){
+ # Desc: Writes first argument to temporary file with arguments as options, then appends file to tar
+ # Usage: writeArg "$(echo "Data to be written.")" [name of file to be inserted] [tar path] [temp dir] ([cmd1] [cmd2] [cmd3] [cmd4]...)
+ # Input: arg1: data to be written
+ # arg2: file name of file to be inserted into tar
+ # arg3: tar archive path (must exist first)
+ # arg4: temporary working dir
+ # arg5+: command strings (ex: "gpsbabel -i nmea -f - -o kml -F - ")
+ # Output: file written to disk
+ # Example: decrypt multiple large files in parallel
+ # appendArgTar "$(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
+
+ # Set file name
+ if ! [ -z "$2" ]; then FILENAME="$2"; else yell "ERROR: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
+
+ # Check temp dir arg
+ if ! [ -z "$4" ]; then TMP_DIR="$3"; else yell "ERROR: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 "$6" ]; then CMD2="$6"; else CMD2="tee /dev/null "; fi # command string 2
+ 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"
+ # 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";
+
+} # Append Bash var to file appended to Tar archive
+magicWriteBuffer() {
+ # Desc: bkgpslog-specific meta function for writing data to DIR_TMP then appending each file to PATHOUT_TAR
+ appendArgTar "$bufferBash" "$FILEOUT_NMEA" "$PATHOUT_TAR" "$DIR_TMP" "$CMD_CONV_NMEA" "$CMD_COMPRESS" "$CMD_ENCRYPT"; # Write NMEA data
+ appendArgTar "$bufferBash" "$FILEOUT_GPX" "$PATHOUT_TAR" "$DIR_TMP" "$CMD_CONV_NMEA" "$CMD_COMPRESS" "$CMD_ENCRYPT"; # Write GPX file
+ appendArgTar "$bufferBash" "$FILEOUT_KML" "$PATHOUT_TAR" "$DIR_TMP" "$CMD_CONV_NMEA" "$CMD_COMPRESS" "$CMD_ENCRYPT"; # Write KML file
+} # bkgpslog write function
+
+