added sshbackupv03 draft with a nice little unfinished option handler

option_handler.sh

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-#!/bin/sh
-
-# shell option handler
-
-version="0.1"
-author="david@socialnerds.org"
-
-
-while getopts c:s:vh options
-do
-    case "$options" in
-        c)
-            echo "configfile = $OPTARG";;
-        s)
-            echo "sourcefile = $OPTARG";;
-        v)
-            echo "version message";;
-        h)
-            echo "help message";;
-        ?)
-            echo "questionmark";;
-        *)
-            echo "nothing";;
-    esac
-done 
-

sshbackup_v0.3.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+
+# ************************************* #
+#                                       #
+#               sshbackup               #
+#                                       #
+# ************************************* # 
+
+#  ****  config section  ****
+version="0.3.0"
+author="david@socialnerds.org"
+
+configfile="$HOME/.sshbackup"
+sourcefile=""
+#rsync options.
+rsyncoptions="-pogEthrzl --numeric-ids --no-motd"
+#dotglob option removes bug while rsyncing folder with no visible files in it.
+remotecmd="shopt -s dotglob; /usr/bin/sudo /usr/bin/rsync"
+localcmd="/usr/bin/rsync"
+
+#where should i write the log file?
+logfile="/var/log/sshbackup.log"
+
+sshkeyfile="$HOME/.ssh/id_rsa"
+
+config=0
+sources=0
+options=$*
+
+
+#  ****  function definitions  ****
+bashtrap()
+{
+
+    echo
+    echo "CTRL+C detected."
+    echo "commiting suicide."
+    exit 1
+
+}
+
+usage()
+{
+
+    echo
+    echo "usage: sshbackup <options> [[user@]server:]/source/path [[user@]server:]/destination/path [versions]"
+    echo
+    echo "OPTIONS:"
+    echo "   -h, --help                    show this message"
+    echo "   -v, --version                 show version information"
+    echo "   -c, --config <config file>    alternate config file"
+    echo "   -s, --sources <sources file>  use sources from file instead of cmd"
+    echo
+
+}
+
+version()
+{
+
+    echo
+    echo "sshbackup"
+    echo
+    echo -e "vesion: \033[1;37m$version\033[0m"
+    echo "author: $author"
+    echo
+
+}
+
+
+#  ****  start of script  ****
+
+#initialize bashtrap
+trap bashtrap INT
+
+#  ****  option handler  ****
+for option in $options; do
+    case "$option" in
+        -h|--help)
+            usage
+            ;;
+        -v|--version)
+            version
+            ;;
+        -c|--config)
+            config=1
+            ;;
+        -s|--sources)
+            sources=1
+            ;;
+        *)
+            if [ $config -eq 1 ]; then
+                configfile=$option
+                config=0
+            elif [ $sources -eq 1 ]; then
+                sourcefile=$option
+                sources=0
+            else
+                if [ -z "${option//[0-9]/}" ]; then
+                    versions=$option
+                else
+                    if [ -z $sourcepath ]; then
+                        sourcepath=$option
+                    else
+                        destinationpath=$option
+                    fi
+                fi
+            fi
+            ;;
+    esac
+done
+
+echo "sourcefile: $sourcefile"
+echo "configfile: $configfile"
+echo "versions: $versions"
+echo "sourcepath: $sourcepath"
+echo "destinationpath: $destinationpath"
+
+
+
+#  ****  end of script  ****
+exit 0