#!/usr/bin/env bash set -euo pipefail # this script is supposed to apply changes in /sync/{home,root}_external to /sync/{home,root}_external and thus to / resp. ~/ # FIXME!!! WIP # FIXME!!! syncing root stuff not yet implemented # FIXME!!! user name/ group name/ home dir hard coded for now... externalDir=/sync/home_external/ internalDir=/sync/home_internal/ userHome=/home/fabian/ user=fabian group=fabian if [[ -z "$1" ]]; then echo "Error. No file(s) for import given" exit 1 fi file="$(find $internalDir -name $1)" # if a file is merely changed, copy its content into the existing target directory if [[ -e "$file" ]]; then echo "copying file content of $1 to $file" cat $1 > $file exit 0 fi # if a new file/ dir is created, copy it into the $internalDir retaining the relative path # after that, copy/ hard link it to the $userHome directory and assign the correct user/ group # NOTE: one could solve that by having the same user + group on every system relPath="$(realpath --relative-to=$externalDir $1)" # should also contain the leaf name echo "new file/dir. relative path: $relPath" if [[ -f "$1" ]]; then install -Dv $1 "$internalDir$relPath" else mkdir -pv "$internalDir$relPath" fi cp -lrv "$internalDir$relPath" $userHome chown -v "$user:$group" "$userHome$relPath" exit 0