This is an option to just echo's the pacnews/pacsaves instead of merging
or removing them. This can be used to check the config status such as in
a cron job without modifying the system.
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Frazier
---
contrib/pacdiff.sh.in | 11 ++++++++++-
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in b/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in
index e76ad4b..6b5edb9 100644
--- a/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in
+++ b/contrib/pacdiff.sh.in
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ diffprog=${DIFFPROG:-vimdiff}
diffsearchpath=${DIFFSEARCHPATH:-/etc}
USE_COLOR='y'
declare -a oldsaves
-declare -i FIND=0 LOCATE=0 PACDB=0
+declare -i FIND=0 LOCATE=0 PACDB=0 OUTPUTONLY=0
m4_include(../scripts/library/output_format.sh)
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ Search Options: select one, default: find
-p/--pacmandb scan active config files from pacman db
General Options:
+ -o/--output print files instead of merging them
--nocolor remove colors from output
Enviroment Variables:
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ Enviroment Variables:
(default: /etc)
Example: DIFFPROG=meld DIFFSEARCHPATH="/boot /etc /usr" $myname
+Example: $myname --output --locate
EOF
}
@@ -98,6 +100,8 @@ while [[ -n "$1" ]]; do
FIND=1;;
-p|--pacmandb)
PACDB=1;;
+ -o|--output)
+ OUTPUTONLY=1;;
--nocolor)
USE_COLOR='n';;
-V|--version)
@@ -136,6 +140,11 @@ fi
while IFS= read -u 3 -r -d '' pacfile; do
file="${pacfile%.pac*}"
file_type="pac${pacfile##*.pac}"
+
+ if (( OUTPUTONLY )); then
+ echo "$pacfile"
+ continue
+ fi
# add matches for pacsave.N to oldsaves array, do not prompt
if [[ $file_type = pacsave.+([0-9]) ]]; then
--
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