#!/bin/bash # This script takes file or directories as # arguments and appends them to the "tracked" # file, for use by autoyadm.sh # We get the absolute path to the script's parent directory. AUTOYADMDIR="$(cd "$(dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}")" && pwd)" AYE="AutoYADM Error:" AYM="AutoYADM:" # We check if any arguments have been provided if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then echo "$AYE $0 [ ...]" exit 1 fi # We loop through arguments for arg in "$@"; do # check if current arg is a real path if [ ! -e "$arg" ]; then echo "$AYE '$arg' is not a valid path." continue fi # get its absolute path abs=$(realpath "$arg") # check if it's inside home dir if [[ "$abs" == "$HOME"* ]]; then # convert to path relative to ~ rel=${abs#"$HOME/"} # append to tracked file echo "$rel" >>"$AUTOYADMDIR/tracked" echo "$AYM Tracking $HOME/$rel as '$rel'" else echo "$AYM Path must be inside the home directory." exit 1 fi done