Finished rewriting enabling and disabling commands

bmotd.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 # Config
 MOTD="/etc/motd2"
 INSTPATH="/etc/bmotd.sh"
-CACHEPATH="/var/cache/bmotd/"
+CACHEPATH="/var/cache/bmotd"
 # Check if root
 
 
@@ -17,10 +17,9 @@ main () {
   fi
 
   # check if root
-  isRoot
+  if ! isRoot; then
-  if [[ $? -ne 0 ]]; then
 	  echo 'Script needs root privileges to alter motd. Re-run with sudo.'
-     exit 0
+	  exit 1
   fi
 
   # check arguments
@@ -32,13 +31,19 @@ main () {
       cp "$(readlink -f $0)" "$INSTPATH"
 
       # check if crontab present
-      command -v crontab >/dev/null 2>&1 || ( echo "Error: couldn't find crontab. Exiting..."; exit 1)
+      if ! command -v crontab >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+	      echo "Error: couldn't find crontab. Exiting..."
+	      exit 1
+      fi
     
       # Check if motd writable
-      test -w $MOTD || ( echo "Unable to write $MOTD . To enable update permissions. Exiting..."; exit 1 )
+      if ! test -w $MOTD; then
+	      echo "Unable to write $MOTD . To enable update permissions. Exiting..."
+	      exit 1
+      fi
    
       # Check if script is already in crontab, if not add itself
-      CRON_ENTRY="* * * * * $INSTPATH"
+      CRON_ENTRY="* * * * * $INSTPATH update"
       crontab -l 2>/dev/null | grep -q "$CRON_ENTRY" || ( crontab -l 2>/dev/null; echo "$CRON_ENTRY" ) | crontab - 
   
       echo -e "Success! Check it yourself with crontab -l"
@@ -47,12 +52,21 @@ main () {
       exit 0
       ;;
     disable)
-      echo -e "\nDisabling PISS"
+      echo -e "\nDisabling BetterMOTD"
-      ( crontab -l 2>/dev/null | egrep -v '.*piss\.sh$'; ) | crontab -
+      ( crontab -l 2>/dev/null | egrep -v "$INSTPATH update$"; ) | crontab -
+      rm $INSTPATH
+      exit 0
+      ;;
+    update)
+      update
       exit 0
       ;;
+    *)
+      printHelp
   esac
+}
 
+update() {
   # Gather information
   HOSTNAME=$(hostname -s)
   FQDN=$(hostname -f)
@@ -61,7 +75,7 @@ main () {
   EXTERNAL=$(dig TXT +short o-o.myaddr.l.google.com @ns1.google.com | tr -d '"')
   
   # Get number of updates awaiting
-  test -f ~/.pisscache || PKG_REFRESH=1
+  test -f "$CACHEPATH/pkg_count" || PKG_REFRESH=1
   [[ $(date +%H%M)  == "1510" ]] && PKG_REFRESH=1
   if [ $PKG_REFRESH ]; then
     case "$OSID" in
@@ -74,13 +88,13 @@ main () {
       *)
         PKG_NU="-1"
     esac
-    echo $PKG_NU > ~/.pisscache
+    mkdir -p "$CACHEPATH"
+    echo $PKG_NU > "$CACHEPATH/pkg_count"
   fi
-  PKG_NU=$(cat ~/.pisscache)
+  PKG_NU=$(cat $CACHEPATH/pkg_count)
   
   # Test if /etc/motd writable and run motd generator if so
   test -w $MOTD && motdGen
- 
 }
 
 function printHelp {