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+#!/bin/sh
+# Nico Schottelius
+# 2007-08-16
+# Written for Netstream (www.netstream.ch)
+# Creates a source from standard values specified in
+# /etc/ccollect/defaults/sources
+
+# standard values
+CCOLLECT_CONF="${CCOLLECT_CONF:-/etc/ccollect}"
+CSOURCES="${CCOLLECT_CONF}/sources"
+
+self="$(basename $0)"
+
+# functions first
+_echo()
+{
+   echo "${self}> $@"
+}
+
+_exit_err()
+{
+   _echo "$@"
+   rm -f "$TMP"
+   exit 1
+}
+
+# argv
+if [ $# -lt 1 ]; then
+   _echo "[-f] [-d] <sources to delete>"
+   _echo "-f: Do not ask, simply delete. Dangerous and good for sysadmins."
+   _echo "-d: Also delete the destination (removes all backups)"
+   _exit_err "Exiting."
+fi
+
+params_possible=yes
+force=""
+backups=""
+
+while [ $# -gt 0 ]; do
+   source="$1"; shift
+
+   if [ "$params_possible" ]; then
+      case "$1" in
+         "-f"|"--force")
+            force=yes
+            ;;
+         "-d"|"--destination")
+            backups=yes
+            ;;
+         *)
+            _exit_err "Unknown option: $1" 
+            ;;
+      esac
+
+      shift
+   fi
+
+   # Reached here? So there are no more parameters.
+   params_possible=""
+
+   # Create
+   _echo "Deleting ${source} ..."
+   fullname="${CSOURCES}/${source}"
+
+   # ask the user per source, if she's not forcing us
+   if [ -z "$force" ]; then
+      sure=""
+      _echo "Do you really want to delete ${source} (y/n)? "
+      read sure
+      
+      if [ "$sure" != "y" ]; then
+         _echo "Skipping ${source}."
+         continue
+      fi
+   fi
+
+   if [ "$backups" ]; then
+      ddir=$(cd "${fullname}/destination" && pwd -P) || _exit_err "Cannot change to ${fullname}/destination"
+      _echo "Deleting ${ddir} ..."
+      rm -r "${ddir}"
+   fi
+
+   _echo "Deleting ${fullname} ..."
+   rm -r "${fullname}"
+
+done
+
+exit 0