makedistar.sh

   1 #!/bin/sh
   2
   3 # Setup variables
   4 mode=$1 ; shift
   5 prefix=$1 ; shift
   6 name=$1 ; shift
   7 pwd=$(pwd)
   8 output="$prefix-$name.tar.gz"
   9
  10 # Set up the temporary directory
  11 tempdir=$(mktemp -d)
  12 dir="$tempdir/$prefix"
  13 mkdir $dir
  14
  15 echo -n "archive: "
  16
  17 # Copy the files specified in the remaining arguments to the temporary dir
  18 cp --parents -l $* $dir
  19
  20 # Create the actual archive
  21 if [ -f "$output" ]; then
  22     if [ "$mode" = "--create" ]; then
  23         rm $output
  24     fi
  25
  26     tar -C $tempdir -xzf $pwd/$output 2>/dev/null
  27 fi
  28
  29 tar -C $tempdir -czf $pwd/$output $prefix 2>/dev/null
  30
  31 # Print a message about the number of files that were added to the archive
  32 printf '%-40s%4d extra    %4d total\n' \
  33     $output ${#*} $(find $tempdir -type f | wc -w)
  34
  35 # Remove temporary directory
  36 if [ -n "$(echo $tempdir | grep ^/tmp)" ]; then
  37     rm -rf $tempdir
  38 else
  39     echo Error: temporary directory not in /tmp: $tempdir
  40 fi