fixed bug in check for listfile

listfile_sample

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+# in here are the backup sources supposed to be
+# one source per line (no tailing slashes)
+
+# <user@remotemachine:/remote/path> </local/path> <versions>
+
+user@server1.example.com:/srv/projects/* /home/david/testback/git 3
+user@server2.example.com:/srv/backup/* /home/david/testback/duffman 3
+user2@server3:/media/storage2/* /home/david/testback/cartman 30
+

sourcefile_sample

@@ -1,9 +0,0 @@
-# in here are the backup sources supposed to be
-# one source per line (no tailing slashes, bandwidth limit in kbytes/s is optional)
-
-# <user@remote machine> <remote path> <local path> <versions> <bandwidth limit>
-
-user@server1.example.com /srv/projects/* /home/david/testback/git 3
-user@server2.example.com /srv/backup/* /home/david/testback/duffman 3
-user2@server3 /media/storage2/* /home/david/testback/cartman 3 12500
-

sshbackup_v0.3.sh

@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ sshkeyfile="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
 config=0
 sshkey=0
 deploy=0
+list=0
 options=$*
 
 
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ usage()
     echo "   -h, --help                    show this message"
     echo "   -v, --version                 version information"
     echo "   -c, --config <configfile>     alternate config file"
+    echo "   -l, --list <listfile>         list of sources and destinations"
     echo "   -s, --sshkey <sshkeyfile>     alternate sshkeyfile"
     echo "   -d, --deploy <remote machine> deploy remote settings"
     echo
@@ -69,6 +71,21 @@ version()
 
 preflight()
 {
+
+    #amiroot
+    if [ $(whoami) != "root" ]; then
+        #echo "no root privileges available. continuing without."
+        :
+    fi
+
+    if [ -z $sourcepath ]; then
+        echo "aborting mission. no source path given."
+        exit 1
+    elif [ -z $destinationpath ]; then
+        echo "aborting mission. no destination path given."
+        exit 1
+    fi
+
     if [ -r $sshkeyfile ]; then
         #echo "sshkeyfile found"
         :
@@ -76,10 +93,13 @@ preflight()
         #am i being run by cron?
         tty -s
         if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
-            echo "im running in interactive mode"
-            echo "you have no ssh key configured."
+            #echo "i am running in interactive mode"
+            echo "you do not have a sshkey configured."
             echo -e "do you want to create a new keypair? [y] \c"
             read answer
+            if [ -z $answer ]; then
+                answer="y"
+            fi
             if [ $answer == "y" ] || [ $answer == "Y" ]; then
                 #create keypair
                 :
@@ -173,16 +193,18 @@ deploy()
 
 }
 
-debug()
+sshbackup()
 {
 
-    echo -e "debug output\n============"
-    echo "remote: $remotemachine"
-    echo "source: $sourcepath"
-    echo "destination: $destinationpath"
-    echo "versions: $versions"
-    echo "sshkey: $sshkeyfile"
-    echo "config: $configfile"
+    #debugging
+    #echo "source: $sourcepath"
+    #echo "destination: $destinationpath"
+    #echo "versions: $versions"
+    #echo "sshkey: $sshkeyfile"
+    #echo "config: $configfile"
+
+
+
 
 }
 
@@ -212,6 +234,9 @@ for option in $options; do
         -c|--config)
             config=1
             ;;
+        -l|--list)
+            list=1
+            ;;
         -s|--sshkey)
             sshkey=1
             ;;
@@ -238,6 +263,14 @@ for option in $options; do
             elif [ $deploy -eq 1 ]; then
                 remotemachine=$option
                 deploy=0
+            elif [ $list -eq 1 ]; then
+                if [ -r $option ]; then
+                    listfile=$option
+                    list=0
+                else
+                    echo "aborting mission. cannot read listfile. [$option]"
+                    exit 1
+                fi
             else
                 if [[ $option =~ ^-.* ]]; then
                     echo "aborting mission. unknown option given. [$option]"
@@ -262,25 +295,34 @@ for option in $options; do
     esac
 done
 
-if [ -z $sourcepath ]; then
-    echo "aborting mission. no source path given."
-    exit 1
-elif [ -z $destinationpath ]; then
-    #destinationpath="."
-    echo "aborting mission. no destination path given."
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-if [ -r $configfile ]; then
+if [ -r "$configfile" ]; then
     source $configfile
 fi
 
-debug
-
-#running preflight checks
-#preflight
-#sshbackup $sourcepath $destinationpath $versions
-
+#read list if listfile is given
+if [ -r "$listfile" ]; then
+    while read line; do
+        # find first letter
+        fletter=${line:0:1}
+        if [ -z $fletter ]; then
+            #skip line it's empty
+            :
+        elif [ $fletter = "#" ]; then
+            #skip line it's a comment
+            :
+        else
+            #creating variables
+            sourcepath=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $1}')
+            destinationpath=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $2}')
+            versions=$(echo "$line" | awk '{print $3}')
+            preflight
+            sshbackup
+        fi
+    done < $listfile
+else
+    preflight
+    sshbackup
+fi
 
 
 #  ****  end of script  ****