mk.bash
a tiny library for creating make-like scripts with subcommands
To use it, create a command file called "mk" in the directory you want. The directory should be where you want to run the command with "./mk". The command file must source this file. It must also define a usage message in $Usage, and the program name in $Prog.
Subcommands are any function that is defined capitalized in the command file. You may, of course, define other functions as well, but they should not be capitalized unless you want a user to call them. Users do not have to call subcommands with capitalization; subcommands are capitalized automatically before calling their function.
You must let mk.bash process arguments before you do with the line:
Args=( "$@" ); processArgs; set -- "${Args[@]}"; unset -v ArgsFinally, call main "$@" and your script is ready to run.
Some variables are made available to your script (don't redefine these unless you know what you're doing):
- Tab -- a tab character
- Nl -- a newline character
- IFS -- set to newline
This library disables word-splitting (by setting IFS to newline) and globbing so you can reference any variables that don't contain newlines (i.e. most variables with known values) without the need for double-quotes.
See example/mk for a sample script using mk.bash. You can run it with the command:
MKDIR=.. ./mk --help