function help () {
cat <<EOF
-xremote.sh [--help] [-h <remote_host>] [-d <remote_dir>] [-i] <script> [script arguments]
+xremote.sh [--help] [-h <remote_host>] [-d <remote_dir>] [-r <local_result_dir>] [-i] <script> [script arguments]
This script takes a script as argument and executes it remotely in a
temporary directory on a ssh-accessible server.
scripts run in the specified directory on the remote host, but the
main executable and post-run commands are ignored
+ If the -r option is provided, the result files specified with
+ @XREMOTE_GET will be downloaded there.
+
If no argument is provided to @XREMOTE_HOST, and the -h option is
not specified, the environment variable \$XREMOTE_HOST is used
instead
echo "xremote: no run"
;;
+ -r)
+ shift
+ ARG_RESULT_DIR="$1"
+ [[ ${ARG_RESULT_DIR} ]] || (echo "xremote: Directory missing." && exit 1)
+ echo "xremote: result dir set to ${ARG_RESULT_DIR}"
+ ;;
+
--help)
help
exit 0
set -f
+if [[ "${ARG_RESULT_DIR}" ]]
+then
+ RESULT_DIR="${ARG_RESULT_DIR}"
+else
+ RESULT_DIR="."
+fi
+
while read line
do
if [[ "${line}" =~ '@XREMOTE' ]]
GET)
check_remote_is_defined
- ssh </dev/null "${REMOTE_HOST}" "cd \"${REMOTE_DIR}\" && tar 2>/dev/null c ${value}" | tar mxv
+ ssh </dev/null "${REMOTE_HOST}" "cd \"${REMOTE_DIR}\" && tar 2>/dev/null c ${value}" | tar mxv -C "${RESULT_DIR}"
;;
esac
fi