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+#!@BASH@
+# -*- mode: sh; sh-basic-offset: 3; indent-tabs-mode: nil; -*-
+
+# This file contains functions shared between ninjahelper and backupninja.
+
+#####################################################
+## MISC FUNCTIONS
+
+#
+# create a temporary file in a secure way.
+#
+function maketemp() {
+	local tempfile=`mktemp /tmp/$1.XXXXXXXX`
+	echo $tempfile
+}
+
+#####################################################
+## CONFIG-FILE RELATED FUNCTIONS
+
+function setfile() {
+	CURRENT_CONF_FILE=$1
+}
+
+function setsection() {
+	CURRENT_SECTION=$1
+}
+
+#
+# sets a global var with name equal to $1
+# to the value of the configuration parameter $1
+# $2 is the default.
+# 
+function getconf() {
+	CURRENT_PARAM=$1
+	ret=`@AWK@ -f $libdirectory/parseini S=$CURRENT_SECTION P=$CURRENT_PARAM $CURRENT_CONF_FILE`
+	# if nothing is returned, set the default
+	if [ "$ret" == "" -a "$2" != "" ]; then
+		ret="$2"
+	fi
+
+	# replace * with %, so that it is not globbed.
+	ret="${ret//\\*/__star__}"
+
+	# this is weird, but single quotes are needed to 
+	# allow for returned values with spaces. $ret is still expanded
+	# because it is in an 'eval' statement.
+	eval $1='$ret'
+}