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authorTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2015-12-11 14:11:28 +1300
committerTom Ryder <tom@sanctum.geek.nz>2015-12-11 14:11:28 +1300
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+#
+# Main function for bashkeep; provided with a list of NAMEs, whether shell
+# functions or variables, writes the current definition of each NAME to a
+# directory $BASHKEEP (defaults to ~/.bashkeep.d) with a .bash suffix, each
+# of which is reloaded each time this file is called. This allows you to
+# quickly arrange to keep that useful shell function or variable you made
+# inline on subsequent logins.
+#
+keep() {
+
+ # Figure out the directory to which we're reading and writing these scripts
+ local bashkeep
+ bashkeep=${BASHKEEP:-$HOME/.bashkeep.d}
+
+ # Parse options
+ local opt delete
+ local OPTERR OPTIND OPTARG
+ while getopts 'dh' opt ; do
+ case $opt in
+
+ # -d given; means delete the keepfiles for the given names
+ d)
+ delete=1
+ ;;
+
+ # -h given; means show help
+ h)
+ cat <<EOF
+$FUNCNAME: Keep variables and functions in shell permanently by writing them to
+named scripts iterated on shell start, in \$BASHKEEP (defaults to
+~/.bashkeep.d).
+
+USAGE:
+ $FUNCNAME
+ List all the current kept variables and functions
+ $FUNCNAME NAME1 [NAME2 ...]
+ Write the current definition for the given NAMEs to keep files
+ $FUNCNAME -d NAME1 [NAME2 ...]
+ Delete the keep files for the given NAMEs
+ $FUNCNAME -h
+ Show this help
+
+EOF
+ return
+ ;;
+
+ # Unknown other option
+ \?)
+ printf 'bash: %s -%s: invalid option\n' \
+ "$FUNCNAME" "$opt" >&2
+ return 2
+ ;;
+ esac
+ done
+ shift "$((OPTIND-1))"
+
+ # If any arguments left, we must be either keeping or deleting
+ if (($#)) ; then
+
+ # Start keeping count of any errors
+ local -i errors
+ errors=0
+
+ # Iterate through the NAMEs given
+ local name
+ for name in "$@" ; do
+
+ # Check NAMEs for validity
+ case $name in
+
+ # NAME must start with letters or an underscore, and contain no
+ # characters besides letters, numbers, or underscores
+ *[^a-zA-Z0-9_]*|[^a-zA-Z_]*)
+ printf 'bash: %s: %s not a valid NAME\n' \
+ "$FUNCNAME" "$name" >&2
+ ((errors++))
+ ;;
+
+ # NAME is valid, proceed
+ *)
+
+ # If -d was given, delete the keep files for the NAME
+ if ((delete)) ; then
+ rm -- "$bashkeep"/"$name".bash \
+ || ((errors++))
+
+ # Otherwise, attempt to create the keep file, using an
+ # appropriate call to the declare builtin
+ else
+ { case $(type -t "$name") in
+ 'function')
+ declare -f -- "$name"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ declare -p -- "$name"
+ ;;
+ esac ; } > "$bashkeep"/"$name".bash \
+ || ((errors++))
+ fi
+ ;;
+ esac
+ done
+
+ # Return 1 if we accrued any errors, 0 otherwise
+ return "$((errors > 0))"
+ fi
+
+ # Deleting is an error, since we need at least one argument
+ if ((delete)) ; then
+ printf 'bash: %s: must specify at least one NAME to delete\n'
+ "$FUNCNAME" >&2
+ return 2
+ fi
+
+ # Otherwise the user must want us to print all the NAMEs kept
+ local -a keeps
+ keeps=("${bashkeep}"/*.bash)
+ keeps=("${keeps[@]##*/}")
+ keeps=("${keeps[@]%.bash}")
+ printf '%s\n' "${keeps[@]}"
+}
+
+# Complete calls to keep with existing function names and variable names
+complete -A function -A variable keep
+
+# Load any existing scripts in bashkeep
+if [[ -d ${BASHKEEP:-$HOME/.bashkeep.d} ]] ; then
+ for bashkeep in "${BASHKEEP:-$HOME/.bashkeep.d}"/*.bash ; do
+ [[ -e $bashkeep ]] || continue
+ source "$bashkeep"
+ done
+ unset -v bashkeep
+fi
+