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#!/bin/bash
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#
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# help_getEntry.sh -- This function builds a documentation entry based
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# on a location specified. Location specification can be both action
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# value (ACTIONVAL) variable or a value passed as first positional
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# parameter.
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#
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# Copyright (C) 2009-2011 Alain Reguera Delgado
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# 
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# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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# modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as
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# published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the
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# License, or (at your option) any later version.
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# 
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# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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# WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
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# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
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# General Public License for more details.
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#
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# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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# along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
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# Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307
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# USA.
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# 
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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# $Id$
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# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
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function help_getEntry {
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    # Define variables as local to avoid conflicts outside.
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    local ENTRY=''
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    local LOCATION=''
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    # Redefine location in order to make this function reusable not
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    # just for action value variable but whatever value passed as
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    # first possitional argument.
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    if [[ "$1" != '' ]];then
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        LOCATION="$1"
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    else
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        LOCATION="$ACTIONVAL"
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    fi
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    # Define relative path of entry, from trunk directory on.
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    ENTRY=$(echo $LOCATION | sed -r "s!^${HOME}/artwork/!!")
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    # Verify the entry relative path to find out which documentation
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    # manual we are acting on. As convenction, whatever documentation
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    # entry you provide outside trunk/Manuals/ directory structure is
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    # considered as you are documenting the repository directory
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    # structure. Otherwise, if an entry inside trunk/Manuals/ is
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    # provided, the directory structure provided is used as default
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    # documentation manual for actions like `--create' and `--update'
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    # to take place on. Other options like `--edit', `--delete' and
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    # `--read' cannot be applied to paths provided is inside
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    # trunk/Manuals/ such actions made manually.
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    if [[ ${ENTRY} =~ '\.texi$' ]];then
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        ENTRY=$(echo ${ENTRY} | sed 's!trunk/Manual/!!')
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    else
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        ENTRY=$(dirname Repository/${ENTRY})/$(basename $LOCATION).texi
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    fi
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    # Re-define entry to set absolute path to manuals base directory
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    # structure.
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    ENTRY=${MANUAL_BASEDIR}/${ENTRY}
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    # Output entry's absolute path.
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    echo ${ENTRY}
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}