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lnx-arch/dots/bin/tp.sh
committer 60375e84c9 + tp (tp.sh)
abbreviation for trash-put - a command for handling using a symlink directory, which leads to error when trying to delete file. for more info, see https://askubuntu.com/questions/616092/impossible-to-trash-files-from-a-folder-which-is-a-symbolic-link-to-a-ntfs-parti .
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#!/usr/bin/env bash
# klevstul :: 24.06
this_file_name=`basename "$0"`
if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
echo "error: path to file is missing."
echo "usage: '$this_file_name [path_to_file]'"
exit 1
fi
input_file=$1
sync_dir_sym=/home/${USER}/syncDir
syncdir_env_var=SYNCDIR_${HOSTNAME}
sync_dir=${!syncdir_env_var} # '!' to use the name and not the value
#echo ${input_file}
#echo ${sync_dir_sym}
#echo ${sync_dir}
# substitute parts of the old path, from using the symlink folder, to the non-symlink folder
# example:
# "/home/poq/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg" > "/home/poq/nextcloud/syncDir/0_downloads/topBanner.jpg"
#
# new_file=${original_string//old_substring/new_substring}
new_file=${input_file//$sync_dir_sym/$sync_dir}
if [ -f ${new_file} ] ; then
trash-put ${new_file}
fi