lackadaisical/newday
2025-12-31 16:06:50 +01:00

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#!/bin/bash
# This script is intended to be run via cron.
# It creates a folder structure in home for the current date in the following format:
# $HOME/ByDate/<Year>/<Month>/<Day>
# It also sets up a symlink in home: $HOME/Today
# This symlink will always point to the folder for the current date.
# Finally, it removes any folders without data, to prevent clutter.
# - Why did you make this?
# I remember things better when they have a date attached to them.
# You can use this for a primitive form of note-taking, but aside from notes -
# you can store any data this way.
LD_INTERNAL=1
. $(dirname $(realpath $0))/daisy.source
dir_name=ByDate
root_dir=$HOME/$dir_name
today_sym=$HOME/Today
# Present day
today=$(date -I)
year=$(echo $today | awk -F"-" '{print $1}')
month=$(echo $today | awk -F"-" '{print $2}')
day=$(echo $today | awk -F"-" '{print $3}')
set -e
function errorFn()
{
error=$?
if [[ $error -gt 0 ]];
then
echo "$LD_BIN error ($error): "
perl -E 'say $!=shift' $error
fi
exit $error
}
# Error handling
trap errorFn ERR
# First we clear out empty folders, and remove the symlink if it exists
test -e "$root_dir" && find "$root_dir" -maxdepth 3 -type d -empty -print | xargs rm -rf
test -L "$today_sym" && rm -rf "$today_sym"
# Now we can set up today's directory
mkdir -p "$root_dir/$year/$month/$day"
cd $root_dir
ln -s "./$dir_name/$year/$month/$day" "$today_sym"
exitcode=@?