minor docs update

[cedit] / cedit

diff --git a/cedit b/cedit
index e6d373cde3907f5fb50663b23617f727525fe6e9..e47afa5f749407087a25259c027c612262bd7265 100755 (executable)
--- a/cedit
+++ b/cedit
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-# Copyright (C) 2016 Ian Kelling
+# I, Ian Kelling, follow the GNU license recommendations at
+# https://www.gnu.org/licenses/license-recommendations.en.html. They
+# recommend that small programs, < 300 lines, be licensed under the
+# Apache License 2.0. This file contains or is part of one or more small
+# programs. If a small program grows beyond 300 lines, I plan to switch
+# its license to GPL.
+
+# Copyright 2024 Ian Kelling
 
 # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
@@ -15,7 +22,7 @@
 
 cedit() {
   local help="Usage: [-h|--help ] [-v] [SECTION_NAME] FILE
-Create/modify a section in a config file
+Create/modify a comment-delimited section in a config file
 
 Returns 1 if the file is modified by this command, 2 or higher
 for other problems.
@@ -53,8 +60,15 @@ section. cedit is short for config edit.
   local file="$1"
   local file_name="${file##*/}"
 
-  local begin="#_#_# start delimiter of cedit section$name. do not modify. #_#_#"
-  local end="#_#_# end delimiter of cedit section$name. do not modify. #_#_#"
+  local comment
+  comment="#_#_#"
+
+  # bind zone files use ; for comments yes, a little hacky detection.
+  if [[ $file_name == db.* ]]; then
+    comment=";;_;_;"
+  fi
+  local begin="$comment start delimiter of cedit section$name. do not modify. $comment"
+  local end="$comment end delimiter of cedit section$name. do not modify. $comment"
 
   if [[ ! -e $file_dir ]]; then
     if ! mkdir -p $file_dir; then