X-Git-Url: https://iankelling.org/git/?p=cedit;a=blobdiff_plain;f=cedit;h=9d37b55e56bc1053527489f86c8c4673420361ca;hp=629fe01b1e01db5baabbed83a317206dca5ef2bb;hb=a612c049422536786fde20b55470e933f0b521ae;hpb=3e93da34a19ca898d8c1ab7902e600d2a9a2defa

diff --git a/cedit b/cedit
index 629fe01..9d37b55 100755
--- a/cedit
+++ b/cedit
@@ -17,18 +17,24 @@ cedit() {
     local help="Usage: [-h|--help ] [-v] [SECTION_NAME] FILE
 Create/modify a section in a config file
 
+Returns 1 if the file is modified by this command, 2 or higher
+for other problems.
+
 The section is #comment delimited. Reads STDIN for the contents of the
 section. Without SECTION_NAME, it acts on a global unnamed
 section. cedit is short for config edit.
 
 -v         Verbose
+-b         Keep backup file
 -h|--help  Help"
     local s diff name init
     local file_dir="$(dirname "$file")"
     local exists=true
     local verbose=false
+    local backup=false
 
     case $1 in
+        -b) backup=true; shift ;;
         -v) verbose=true; shift ;;
         -h|--help) echo "$help"; return ;;
     esac
@@ -47,14 +53,14 @@ section. cedit is short for config edit.
     if [[ ! -e $file_dir ]]; then
         if ! mkdir -p $file_dir; then
             s=sudo
-            $s mkdir -p $file_dir || return 1
+            $s mkdir -p $file_dir || return 2
         fi
     fi
     if [[ ! -e $file ]]; then
         exists=false
         if ! $s touch $file; then
             s=sudo
-            $s touch $file || return 1
+            $s touch $file || return 2
         fi
     fi
 
@@ -88,7 +94,7 @@ section. cedit is short for config edit.
     fi
 
     if ! $exists; then
-        ret=0
+        ret=1
         if $verbose; then
             echo "New file $file:"
             cat "$file"
@@ -101,17 +107,21 @@ section. cedit is short for config edit.
                 echo "No changes made to $file"
             fi
         else
-
             echo "backup of original at $temp"
             echo diff -u "$temp" "$file":
             echo "$diff"
         fi
     else
+        # for systems like openwrt which don't have diff
         diff=$(cmp "$temp" "$file")
+        ret=$?
         if $verbose; then
             echo "$diff"
         fi
     fi
-    return 0
+    if ! $backup; then
+        rm -r $"$temp"
+    fi
+    return $ret
 }
 cedit "$@"