added group_add and user_reload to basic functions

switched to acl functions loaded via module load
rysnc add ignore cache
add chmod_dirs to helpers

function/01-basic

@@ -3,7 +3,21 @@
 
 ##-- functions which may be used by any of the alias file --#
 
-function function_list() {
+group_add() {
+  [[ ! $(getent group $1) ]] && echo "no group $1, aborting" && return 1
+  echo adding group $1 to $USER
+  sudo usermod -a -G $1 $USER
+}
+
+user_reload() {
+  save=$PWD
+  exec su -l $USER
+  cd $save
+
+}
+
+
+function function_list {
   if [ $1 ]; then
     # will list functions in passed file
     local STR

function/acl

@@ -1,51 +1 @@
-#!/bin/bash
-acluserdir() {
-  module_load confirm
-  local uid
-  local usesudo
-  local del
-  local spec
-  local cmd="-R  -m "
-  local cmdd="-dR  -m"
-  if [[ $1 == "-d" ]]; then 
-  shift
-   echo deleting an acl entries for $1
-   opts="-R  -x"
-   optsd="-dR  -x"
-   spec="u:$1 $2"
-   else 
-   opts="-R  -m "
-   optsd="-dR  -m"
-   spec="u:$1:rwX $2"
-   fi
-  [[ ! $2 ]] && echo acluserdir: both user and direcotory must be passed && return 1
-  uid=$(id -u $1 2>/dev/null) 
-  [[ $uid -lt 1000 ]] && echo no such regular user $1 && return 2
-  [[ ! -d $2 ]] && echo no such directory $2 && return 3
-  if [[ ! -w $2 ]];then
-   echo $2 not writable by current user $USER
-   if [[ ! $(sudo -l -U $USER 2>/dev/null) ]]; then 
-    echo user does not have sudo privilges, aborting
-    return 4
-    else 
-    confirm "do you want to elevate to root and continue?" || return 5
-    usesudo="sudo"
-  fi
-  fi
-
-  echo this are the commands that you will run
-  echo '******************'
-  echo $usesudo setfacl $opts  $spec
-  echo $usesudo setfacl $optsd $spec
-  echo '******************'
-  confirm Double Check. Do you want to continue?  || return 6
-  $usesudo setfacl $opts  $spec
-  $usesudo setfacl $optsd $spec
-  echo '*** new acl entries ***'
-  $usesudo getfacl -p --omit-header $2 | grep $1
-}
-
-
-
-
-
+module_load acl

function/rsync

@@ -9,5 +9,5 @@ function cprs () {
   echo Command to run: rsync --progress -a -r -u "$1" "$2"
   confirm Do you want to start the rsync copy? || return 0
   echo copying.....
-  rsync --progress -a -r -u "$1" "$2"
+  rsync --exclude *[C]ache* --progress -a -r -u "$1" "$2"
 }

modules/utility/helpers.mod

@@ -22,4 +22,12 @@ adirname() {
  echo "$(cd "$(dirname "$1")" >/dev/null 2>&1 ; pwd -P )"
 }
 
+chmod_dirs() {
+  # passed entire path
+  local usesudo 
+  [[ $1 == -s ]] && usesudo="sudo" && shift 2
+  $usesudo find $1 -type f -exec chmod $2 {} +
+}
+
+