theoretically it also works with directories now

1 files changed, 20 insertions, 14 deletions

diff --git a/src/netdiff b/src/netdiff
index 8c2d6b6..9bba61f 100755
--- a/src/netdiff
+++ b/src/netdiff
@@ -6,42 +6,48 @@
 declare -r VERSION='VERSION_DEVEL'
 declare -i RC=0
 
-declare -r SERVER="${1}"   ; shift
-declare -r FILE="${1}"     ; shift
-declare -i PORT="${1}"     ; shift
+declare -r SERVER="${1}" ; shift
+declare -r PATH="${1}"   ; shift
+declare -i PORT="${1}"   ; shift
 
 usage () {
   cat <<USAGE
 This is NetDiff ${VERSION}. Usage:
-  netdiff SERVER FILE [PORT=1234] [DIFF OPTS]
+  netdiff SERVER PATH [PORT=1234] [DIFF OPTS]
 USAGE
 }
 
-[ -z "${FILE}" ] && usage && exit 0
+[ -z "${PATH}" ] && usage && exit 0
 if [[ -z "${PORT}" || ${PORT} == 0 ]]; then
   PORT=1234
-  declare -r DIFF_DEFAULT_OPTS=-u
+  declare -r DIFF_DEFAULT_OPTS='--unified --recursive'
 fi
 
-declare -r TMPFILE=$(mktemp)
+declare -r TMPPATH=$(mktemp --directory)
+set -e pipefail
 
-if [[ "${SERVER}" == "$(hostname)" || "${SERVER}" == "$(hostname -f)" ]]; then
-  nc -l -p ${PORT} < "${FILE}" > $TMPFILE
+if [[ "${SERVER}" == "$(hostname)" || 
+  "${SERVER}" == "$(hostname --fqdn)" ]]; then
+  tar -cf - . --directory "${PATH}" |
+  nc -l -p ${PORT} |
+  tar -xf - --directory ${TMPPATH}
   RC=$?
 else
   sleep 0.1
-  nc ${SERVER} ${PORT} < "${FILE}" > $TMPFILE
+  tar -cf - . --directory "${PATH}" |
+  nc ${SERVER} ${PORT} |
+  tar -xf - --directory ${TMPPATH}
   RC=$?
 fi
 
-if [ $RC -ne 0 ]; then
+if [ ${RC} -ne 0 ]; then
   echo 'Could not copy file via the network'
   RC=2 # Default trouble exit status of diff 
 else
-  diff $@ ${FILE} ${TMPFILE} ${DIFF_DEFAULT_OPTS}
+  diff $@ "${PATH}" ${TMPPATH} ${DIFF_DEFAULT_OPTS}
   RC=$?
 fi
 
-[ -f $TMPFILE ] && rm $TMPFILE
-exit $RC
+[ -f ${TMPPATH} ] && rm -rf ${TMPPATH}
+exit ${RC}