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authorJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2015-12-26 21:45:32 +0100
committerJulian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org>2015-12-26 21:48:14 +0100
commit2658e1c5487d0bb9c6223cf149a48f47e8d10b4d (patch)
treef88ff729af836a9040a1e28270f8b3404fa42815 /cmdline/apt-helper.cc
parent25203cbbed0b7ebc3eb75fa96ab3ed53be148168 (diff)
apt-helper: Add a cat-file command for concatening files
This can automatically handle compressed files and is useful for stuff like apt-file.
Diffstat (limited to 'cmdline/apt-helper.cc')
-rw-r--r--cmdline/apt-helper.cc33
1 files changed, 33 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/cmdline/apt-helper.cc b/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
index 5a29427c8..e8b16c4e5 100644
--- a/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
+++ b/cmdline/apt-helper.cc
@@ -107,10 +107,42 @@ static bool DoSrvLookup(CommandLine &CmdL) /*{{{*/
return true;
}
/*}}}*/
+static bool DoCatFile(CommandLine &CmdL) /*{{{*/
+{
+ FileFd fd;
+ FileFd out;
+ char buf[4096];
+ unsigned long long read;
+
+ out.OpenDescriptor(STDOUT_FILENO, FileFd::WriteOnly);
+
+ if (CmdL.FileSize() <= 1)
+ return _error->Error("Must specify at least one file name");
+
+ for(size_t i = 1; CmdL.FileList[i] != NULL; ++i)
+ {
+ std::string const name = CmdL.FileList[i];
+
+ if (fd.Open(name, FileFd::ReadOnly, FileFd::Extension) == false)
+ return false;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ if (fd.Read(buf, sizeof(buf), &read) == false)
+ return false;
+ if (read == 0)
+ break;
+ if (out.Write(buf, read) == false)
+ return false;
+ }
+ }
+ return true;
+}
+ /*}}}*/
static bool ShowHelp(CommandLine &) /*{{{*/
{
std::cout <<
_("Usage: apt-helper [options] command\n"
+ " apt-helper [options] cat-file file ...\n"
" apt-helper [options] download-file uri target-path\n"
"\n"
"apt-helper bundles a variety of commands for shell scripts to use\n"
@@ -123,6 +155,7 @@ static std::vector<aptDispatchWithHelp> GetCommands() /*{{{*/
return {
{"download-file", &DoDownloadFile, _("download the given uri to the target-path")},
{"srv-lookup", &DoSrvLookup, _("lookup a SRV record (e.g. _http._tcp.ftp.debian.org)")},
+ {"cat-file", &DoCatFile, _("concatenate files, with automatic decompression")},
{"auto-detect-proxy", &DoAutoDetectProxy, _("detect proxy using apt.conf")},
{nullptr, nullptr, nullptr}
};