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320 | 1 #!/bin/bash |
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3 # illustrate self-writing script (example) | |
321 | 4 # This one does something hard and replaces dynamic data with sed. |
5 # Other solutions (magic markers, etc) are possible | |
320 | 6 |
321 | 7 path=`readlink -f $0` |
327 | 8 mode=`stat --format '%a' ${path}` |
9 tmp=`tempfile --mode ${mode}` | |
321 | 10 datestamp=`date` |
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11 nonce="This script last generated at " |
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323 | 13 # sanity check |
14 if [[ ! -w "${path}" ]] | |
15 then | |
16 echo "You don't have write permission for script ${path}" | |
17 exit 1 | |
18 fi | |
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321 | 20 # avoiding -i for safety |
21 sed 's/\(echo \"'"${nonce}"'\).*\"/\1'"${datestamp}"'\"/' ${path} > ${tmp} | |
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22 if [[ ! -e "${tmp}" ]] |
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23 then |
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24 echo "Temporary file creation not successful" |
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25 exit 1 |
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26 fi |
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322 | 28 # echo last and current generation times for example |
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29 echo "This script last generated at Sat Jun 8 08:52:35 PDT 2013" |
323 | 30 echo "Now: ${datestamp}" |
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32 # move tmpfile -> script location via exec |
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33 exec mv ${tmp} ${path} |