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 <[email protected]> --- 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 -- 1.8.3.2
