- Fix broken working dir variable (was missing script start time)
- Remove UTC as default TZ (will use parent shell's env var TZ). Can
still be customized using `--time-zone` option
- Add logic for creating temporary working directory for possible
future `--temp-dir` option. Working dir hard defaults to
`/dev/shm` (tmpfs) for now.
# Desc: Records gps data until midnight
# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval; License: GPLv3+
# Desc: Records gps data until midnight
# Author: Steven Baltakatei Sandoval; License: GPLv3+
-# Usage: bkgpslog --output [output dir]
+# Usage: bkgpslog -o [output dir]
#==BEGIN Define script parameters==
## Logging Behavior parameters
BUFFER_TTL="60"; # time between file writes
SCRIPT_TTL="day"; # (day|hour)
#==BEGIN Define script parameters==
## Logging Behavior parameters
BUFFER_TTL="60"; # time between file writes
SCRIPT_TTL="day"; # (day|hour)
-TZ="UTC"; export TZ; # Default time zone; overridden by '--time-zone=[str]' option
+#### TZ="UTC"; export TZ; # Default time zone; overridden by '--time-zone=[str]' option
+DIR_TMP_DEFAULT="/dev/shm"; # Default parent of working directory
-PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH" # Add "$(systemd-path user-binaries)" path in case apps saved there
-SCRIPT_HOSTNAME=$(hostname) # Save hostname of system running this script.
-SCRIPT_VERSION="bkgpslog 0.1.0" # Define version of script.
-DIR_TMP="/dev/shm/$(timeStart)..bkgpslog" # Define working directory for temproary files
+SCRIPT_TIME_START=$(date +%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.%N);
+PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"; # Add "$(systemd-path user-binaries)" path in case apps saved there
+SCRIPT_HOSTNAME=$(hostname); # Save hostname of system running this script.
+SCRIPT_VERSION="bkgpslog 0.1.0"; # Define version of script.
declare -Ag appRollCall # Associative array for storing app status
declare -Ag fileRollCall # Associative array for storing file status
declare -Ag appRollCall # Associative array for storing app status
declare -Ag fileRollCall # Associative array for storing file status
main() {
processArguments "$@" # Process arguments.
main() {
processArguments "$@" # Process arguments.
+ # Determine working directory
+ if [[ -d "$DIR_TMP_DEFAULT" ]]; then
+ DIR_TMP_BASE="$DIR_TMP_DEFAULT"; # Use default working directory parent (ex: '/dev/shm')
+ #### elif [[ -d /tmp ]]; then
+ #### yell "WARNING:/dev/shm not available. Falling back to /tmp .";
+ #### DIR_TMP_BASE="/tmp";
+ else
+ yell "ERROR:No valid working directory available. Exiting.";
+ exit 1;
+ fi
+ DIR_TMP="$DIR_TMP_BASE"/"$SCRIPT_TIME_START""..bkgpslog"; # Define working directory for temproary files
+
# Set output encryption and compression option strings
if [[ "$OPTION_ENCRYPT" = "true" ]]; then # Check if encryption option active.
if checkapp age; then # Check that age is available.
# Set output encryption and compression option strings
if [[ "$OPTION_ENCRYPT" = "true" ]]; then # Check if encryption option active.
if checkapp age; then # Check that age is available.
## Write bkgpslog version to DIR_TMP/VERSION
echo "$0"" Version:""$SCRIPT_VERSION" >> "$DIR_TMP/VERSION" && vbm "DEBUG:VERSION created."
## Create empty tar archive at PATHOUT_TAR
## Write bkgpslog version to DIR_TMP/VERSION
echo "$0"" Version:""$SCRIPT_VERSION" >> "$DIR_TMP/VERSION" && vbm "DEBUG:VERSION created."
## Create empty tar archive at PATHOUT_TAR
- try tar --create --directory="$DIR_TMP" --file="$PATHOUT_TAR" --files-from=/dev/null && vbm "DEBUG:bufferRam.tar created."
+ try tar --create --directory="$DIR_TMP" --file="$PATHOUT_TAR" --files-from=/dev/null && vbm "DEBUG:""$PATHOUT_TAR"" created."
## Append VERSION file to PATHOUT_TAR
try tar --append --directory="$DIR_TMP" --file="$PATHOUT_TAR" "VERSION" && vbm "DEBUG:VERSION added to $PATHOUT_TAR"
## Append VERSION file to PATHOUT_TAR
try tar --append --directory="$DIR_TMP" --file="$PATHOUT_TAR" "VERSION" && vbm "DEBUG:VERSION added to $PATHOUT_TAR"
while [[ "$SECONDS" -lt "$scriptTTL" ]]; do
# Determine file paths (time is start of buffer period)
FILEOUT_BASENAME="$timeStart""--""$bufferTTL_STR""..""$SCRIPT_HOSTNAME""_location" ; # ISO-8601 YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzP[$bufferTTL]S
while [[ "$SECONDS" -lt "$scriptTTL" ]]; do
# Determine file paths (time is start of buffer period)
FILEOUT_BASENAME="$timeStart""--""$bufferTTL_STR""..""$SCRIPT_HOSTNAME""_location" ; # ISO-8601 YYYYmmddTHHMMSS+zzP[$bufferTTL]S
- ## Files saved to tmpfs memory (DIR_TMP)
+ ## Files saved to DIR_TMP
PATHOUT_NMEA="$DIR_TMP"/"$FILEOUT_BASENAME".nmea"$CMD_COMPRESS_SUFFIX""$CMD_ENCRYPT_SUFFIX" ;
PATHOUT_GPX="$DIR_TMP"/"$FILEOUT_BASENAME".gpx"$CMD_COMPRESS_SUFFIX""$CMD_ENCRYPT_SUFFIX" ;
PATHOUT_KML="$DIR_TMP"/"$FILEOUT_BASENAME".kml"$CMD_COMPRESS_SUFFIX""$CMD_ENCRYPT_SUFFIX" ;
PATHOUT_NMEA="$DIR_TMP"/"$FILEOUT_BASENAME".nmea"$CMD_COMPRESS_SUFFIX""$CMD_ENCRYPT_SUFFIX" ;
PATHOUT_GPX="$DIR_TMP"/"$FILEOUT_BASENAME".gpx"$CMD_COMPRESS_SUFFIX""$CMD_ENCRYPT_SUFFIX" ;
PATHOUT_KML="$DIR_TMP"/"$FILEOUT_BASENAME".kml"$CMD_COMPRESS_SUFFIX""$CMD_ENCRYPT_SUFFIX" ;