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# shprompt -- give a prompt and get an answer satisfying certain criteria
#
# shprompt [-dDfFsy] prompt
# s = prompt for string
# f = prompt for filename
# F = prompt for full pathname to a file or directory
# d = prompt for a directory name
# D = prompt for a full pathname to a directory
# y = prompt for y or n answer
#
# Chet Ramey
# chet@ins.CWRU.Edu
#
# Copyright 2002 Chester Ramey
#
# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
# the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option)
# any later version.
#
# TThis program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
# GNU General Public License for more details.
#
# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
# Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
type=file
OPTS=dDfFsy
succeed()
{
echo "$1"
exit 0
}
while getopts "$OPTS" c
do
case "$c" in
s) type=string
;;
f) type=file
;;
F) type=path
;;
d) type=dir
;;
D) type=dirpath
;;
y) type=yesno
;;
?) echo "usage: $0 [-$OPTS] prompt" 1>&2
exit 2
;;
esac
done
if [ "$OPTIND" -gt 1 ] ; then
shift $(( $OPTIND - 1 ))
fi
while :
do
case "$type" in
string)
echo -n "$1" 1>&2
read ans || exit 1
if [ -n "$ans" ] ; then
succeed "$ans"
fi
;;
file|path)
echo -n "$1" 1>&2
read ans || exit 1
#
# use `fn' and eval so that bash will do tilde expansion for
# me
#
eval fn="$ans"
case "$fn" in
/*) if test -e "$fn" ; then
succeed "$fn"
else
echo "$0: '$fn' does not exist" 1>&2
fi
;;
*) if [ "$type" = "path" ] ; then
echo "$0: must give full pathname to file" 1>&2
else
if test -e "$fn" ; then
succeed "$fn"
else
echo "$0: '$fn' does not exist" 1>&2
fi
fi
;;
esac
;;
dir|dirpath)
echo -n "$1" 1>&2
read ans || exit 1
#
# use `fn' and eval so that bash will do tilde expansion for
# me
#
eval fn="$ans"
case "$fn" in
/*) if test -d "$fn" ; then
succeed "$fn"
elif test -e "$fn" ; then
echo "$0 '$fn' is not a directory" 1>&2
else
echo "$0: '$fn' does not exist" 1>&2
fi
;;
*) if [ "$type" = "dirpath" ] ; then
echo "$0: must give full pathname to directory" 1>&2
else
if test -d "$fn" ; then
succeed "$fn"
elif test -e "$fn" ; then
echo "$0 '$fn' is not a directory" 1>&2
else
echo "$0: '$fn' does not exist" 1>&2
fi
fi
;;
esac
;;
yesno)
echo -n "$1" 1>&2
read ans || exit 1
case "$ans" in
y|Y|[yY][eE][sS])
succeed "yes"
;;
n|N|[nN][oO])
succeed "no"
exit 0
;;
*)
echo "$0: yes or no required" 1>&2
;;
esac
;;
esac
done
exit 1
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