trunk/udev/seq_node.sh

#!/bin/bash
# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
# Author: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>
# $Header: /root/magellan-cvs/src/udev/seq_node.sh,v 1.1 2007-03-21 16:48:37 niro Exp $

# Stupid little script to emulate the depriciated '%e' directive of udev.
# I am not sure why its supposidly broken, so this might need fixing if it
# have the same issue as '%e'.
#
# Usage: seq_node.sh <root> <kernel name> <wanted node>
#
#  root        - root of udev (usuall /dev)
#  kernel name - kernel name for device
#  wanted node - needed free node
#
# Example: seq_node.sh %r %k cdrom
#
#  If called as above, it should return 'cdrom' if free, else 'cdrom1',
#  'cdrom2', etc.  It also checks if an existing node was already created for
#  the specific 'kernel name'.
#

root=$1
kname=$2
node=$3

count=0
new_node=${node}

if [[ -z ${root} || -z ${kname} || -z ${node} ]] ; then
	exit 1
fi

get_filename() {
	local symlink=$1
	local filename=

	if [[ ! -L ${root}/${symlink} ]] ; then
		echo "${symlink}"
		return 0
	fi

	if type -p readlink &>/dev/null ; then
		filename=$(readlink "${root}/${symlink}")
	else
		filename=$(perl -e "print readlink(\"${root}/${symlink}\")" 2>/dev/null)
	fi

	echo "${filename}"
}

while [[ -e "${root}/${new_node}" || -L "${root}/${new_node}" ]] ; do
	# Check if existing node is the same as the kname we are looking
	# for a new node, and return that instead
	if [[ $(get_filename "${new_node}") == "${kname}" ]] ; then
		break
	fi

	let "count += 1"
	new_node="${node}${count}"
done

echo "${new_node}"

exit 0

1	niro	121	#!/bin/bash
2			# Copyright 1999-2006 Gentoo Foundation
3			# Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v2
4			# Author: Martin Schlemmer <azarah@gentoo.org>
5			# $Header: /root/magellan-cvs/src/udev/seq_node.sh,v 1.1 2007-03-21 16:48:37 niro Exp $
6
7			# Stupid little script to emulate the depriciated '%e' directive of udev.
8			# I am not sure why its supposidly broken, so this might need fixing if it
9			# have the same issue as '%e'.
10			#
11			# Usage: seq_node.sh <root> <kernel name> <wanted node>
12			#
13			# root - root of udev (usuall /dev)
14			# kernel name - kernel name for device
15			# wanted node - needed free node
16			#
17			# Example: seq_node.sh %r %k cdrom
18			#
19			# If called as above, it should return 'cdrom' if free, else 'cdrom1',
20			# 'cdrom2', etc. It also checks if an existing node was already created for
21			# the specific 'kernel name'.
22			#
23
24			root=$1
25			kname=$2
26			node=$3
27
28			count=0
29			new_node=${node}
30
31			if [[ -z ${root} \|\| -z ${kname} \|\| -z ${node} ]] ; then
32			exit 1
33			fi
34
35			get_filename() {
36			local symlink=$1
37			local filename=
38
39			if [[ ! -L ${root}/${symlink} ]] ; then
40			echo "${symlink}"
41			return 0
42			fi
43
44			if type -p readlink &>/dev/null ; then
45			filename=$(readlink "${root}/${symlink}")
46			else
47			filename=$(perl -e "print readlink(\"${root}/${symlink}\")" 2>/dev/null)
48			fi
49
50			echo "${filename}"
51			}
52
53			while [[ -e "${root}/${new_node}" \|\| -L "${root}/${new_node}" ]] ; do
54			# Check if existing node is the same as the kname we are looking
55			# for a new node, and return that instead
56			if [[ $(get_filename "${new_node}") == "${kname}" ]] ; then
57			break
58			fi
59
60			let "count += 1"
61			new_node="${node}${count}"
62			done
63
64			echo "${new_node}"
65
66			exit 0
67