From: Carl Baldwin <cnb@ball.(none)>
Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2005 21:54:29 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: Just some ideas on reducing verbosity while maintaining readability and functionality
X-Git-Tag: release-0.4~16
X-Git-Url: http://git.pippins.net/embedvideo/.git/%7Bdelete%7D?a=commitdiff_plain;h=785d464aefc1baf17592660c20ddd330da25cf39;p=backups%2F.git

Just some ideas on reducing verbosity while maintaining readability and functionality
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diff --git a/scripts/config.sh b/scripts/config.sh
index bfe1847..c3b4a26 100755
--- a/scripts/config.sh
+++ b/scripts/config.sh
@@ -27,3 +27,7 @@ backupdirs="
 excludedirs="
 "
 
+function err() {
+  echo 2>&1 "-E- $1"
+  exit 1
+}
diff --git a/scripts/pack-image.sh b/scripts/pack-image.sh
index b6557f6..9a06f71 100755
--- a/scripts/pack-image.sh
+++ b/scripts/pack-image.sh
@@ -24,19 +24,21 @@ then
   then
     rm -rf $isomountdir
   fi
-  echo "-E- Unable to create the following directories: "
-  echo "    $datadir $imagedir $isomountdir $tmpdir"
-  exit -1
+  err "Unable to create the following directories:
+  $datadir $imagedir $isomountdir $tmpdir"
 fi
 
 echo "-> Creating the iso image in $isoimage"
-dd if=/dev/null of=$isoimage bs=1M count=0 seek=4440
+dd of=$isoimage bs=1M count=0 seek=4440
+
+[ $? != 0 ] && err "dd failed to create $isoimage"
+
 mke2fs -b 2048 -F $isoimage
+
 if [ $? != 0 ]
 then
   rm -rf $isomountdir $isoimage
-  echo "-E- Unable to create the iso image: $isoimage"
-  exit -1
+  err "Unable to create the iso image: $isoimage"
 fi
 
 echo "-> Mounting the iso image"
@@ -44,8 +46,7 @@ mount -t ext2 -o loop $isoimage $isomountdir
 if [ $? != 0 ]
 then
   rm -rf $isomountdir $isoimage
-  echo "-E- Unable to mount the iso image: $isoimage -> $isomountdir"
-  exit -1
+  err "Unable to mount the iso image: $isoimage -> $isomountdir"
 fi
 
 echo "-> Directories being backedup and excluded:"
@@ -81,33 +82,23 @@ if [ $? != 0 ]
 then
   umount $isomountdir
   rm -rf $isomountdir $isoimage
-  echo "-E- Unable to rsync to pack the image"
-  exit -1
+  err "Unable to rsync to pack the image"
 fi
 
 echo "-> Copying over database and status file"
 cp $statusfile $backupdb $restorescript $isomountdir
-if [ $? != 0 ]
-then
-  echo "-E- Unable to copy the database and status file"
-  exit -1
-fi
+
+[ $? != 0 ] && err "Unable to copy the database and status file"
 
 echo "-> Unmounting image"
 umount $isomountdir
-if [ $? != 0 ]
-then
-  echo "-E- Unable to unmount the iso dir: $isomountdir"
-  exit -1
-fi
+
+[ $? != 0 ] && err "Unable to unmount the iso dir: $isomountdir"
 
 echo "-> Calculating md5sum for image"
 md5sum $isoimage | awk '{print$1}' > $isoimage.md5sum
-if [ $? != 0 ]
-then
-  echo "-E- Unable to calculatethe md5sum for this image: $isoimage"
-  exit -1
-fi
+
+[ $? != 0 ] && err "Unable to calculate the md5sum for this image: $isoimage"
 
 cat $statusfile | mailx -s "DVD image available to burn - $today" $mailto