Cleanup

extract

@@ -11,4 +11,4 @@ echo 1 >number
 tar -M -F './tar-multi-volume-script x file' -xf file.tar 2>&-
 
 # remove a spurious file
-rm file.tar
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+rm file.tar

generate

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 echo 1 >number
 
 # multi-volume archive creation
-tar -ML 200000 -F './tar-multi-volume-script c file' -cf file.tar ~/broadway/www/digiday/wp-content/uploads/ 2>&-
+tar -ML 20000 -F './tar-multi-volume-script c file' -cf file.tar "$1" 2>&-
 
 # execute the "change-volume" script a last time
-./tar-multi-volume-script c file
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+./tar-multi-volume-script c file

next-volume

-#!/bin/bash
-
-prefix="$1"
-n=1
-while [[ -e "$prefix-$n.tar" ]]; do
-  ((n++))
-done
-mv "$prefix.tar" "$prefix-$n.tar"
-echo "$prefix-$n.tar"
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tar-multi-volume-script

@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@ mode="$1"
 prefix="$2"
 n=$(<number)
 
-
 case $mode in
   c) mv "$prefix.tar"    "$prefix-$n.tar" ;;
   x) cp "$prefix-$n.tar" "$prefix.tar"    ;;
 esac
 
-echo $((n+1)) >number
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+echo $((n+1)) >number