* blacklist: use /etc/modprobe.d/grml.conf instead of
/etc/modprobe.d/grml. New module-init-tools will
use only files using the .conf suffix.
+ * Add new script grml-exec-wrapper.
-- Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org> Tue, 03 Mar 2009 10:35:12 +0100
--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/sh
+# Filename: grml-exec-wrapper
+# Purpose: simple but smart program execution wrapper
+# Authors: grml-team (grml.org), (c) Michael Prokop <mika@grml.org>
+# Bug-Reports: see http://grml.org/bugs/
+# License: This file is licensed under the GPL v2 or any later version.
+################################################################################
+
+usage() {
+ printf "Usage: $0 <program> [<arguments>]
+
+Available options:
+
+ -h | --help display this usage information
+ -p <program> check specified argument instead of default args, like:
+ $(basename $0) -p aumix xterm -T aumix -e aumix
+"
+}
+
+is_installed() {
+ prog="$(basename $1)"
+ [ -z "$prog" ] && return 1
+
+ ret=1
+ oifs="$IFS"
+ IFS=:
+ for dir in $PATH; do
+ [ -z "$dir" ] && continue
+ [ -x "$dir/$prog" ] && ret=0 && break
+ done
+
+ IFS="$oifs"
+ unset oifs
+ return "$ret"
+}
+
+# use Xdisplay only if present and running under X:
+display_info() {
+if is_installed xterm && test -n "$DISPLAY" ; then
+ xterm -T 'Sorry :(' -e "dialog --msgbox \"$1\" 0 0"
+else
+ printf '%s\n' "$1">&2
+fi
+}
+
+if [ -z "$1" -o "$1" = '-h' -o "$1" = '--help' ] ; then
+ usage
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+if [ "$1" = '-p' ] ; then
+ if [ -z "$2" ] ; then
+ usage
+ exit 1
+ else
+ PROG="$2"
+ shift ; shift
+ fi
+else
+ PROG="$1"
+ # make sure to support 'grml-exec-wrapper sudo wireshark' as well:
+ case $PROG in
+ *sudo*) PROG="$2" ;;
+ esac
+fi
+
+if is_installed "$PROG" ; then
+ exec "$@"
+fi
+
+display_info "Sorry: ${PROG} not available.
+
+Looks like the grml flavour you are using does not ship ${PROG}. :(
+
+You can search for ${PROG} executing:
+
+apt-get update && apt-cache search $(basename ${PROG})
+ "
+
+exit 1
+
+## END OF FILE #################################################################