Added README and xfconf.sh script

README.md

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+xfconf.sh -- Dump and Load Xfce Configuration
+
+This script is meant to compliment dconf methodology into Xfce to be able to dump and load configuration for Xfce.
+
+Usage: xfconf.sh <command> <file>
+
+ Commands:
+   dump - Dump Configuration to <file>
+   load - Load Configuration from <file>
+   help - Get the help"

xfconf.sh

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+#!/bin/bash
+# Author: psi-jack
+# Usage:
+#    xfconf.sh <command> <file>
+# Improve:
+#    find a list online of datatypes for the xfce schema and calculate the created datatypes that way.
+
+thisDE=xfce4
+thisDEconf=xfconf-query
+thismode="${1}"
+infile="${2}"
+
+function showHelp {
+   echo "Usage: $(basename "$0") <command> <file>"
+   echo
+   echo "Commands:"
+   echo "  dump - Dump Configuration to <file>"
+   echo "  load - Load Configuration from <file>"
+   echo "  help - You're looking at it"
+   exit 0
+}
+
+function checks {
+   if [[ -r "${infile}" ]]
+   then
+      echo "File '$infile' not found."
+      exit 1
+   fi
+   if ! test -x "$( which "${thisDEconf}" )"
+   then
+      echo "Error: Cannot find ${thisDEconf}"
+      exit 2
+   fi
+   return 0
+}
+
+function getSession {
+   if test -n "${SUDO_USER}"; then
+      _user="${SUDO_USER}"
+   else
+      _user="${USER}"
+   fi
+
+   thispid="$(pgrep -u "$_user" "${thisDE}-session(\s|$)" | sort | uniq | head -n1)"
+
+   source <(tr '\0' '\n' < "/proc/${thispid}/environ" | grep -E "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS|DISPLAY")
+   echo "DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS = $DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"
+   echo "DISPLAY = $DISPLAY"
+   if [[ -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" || -z "$DISPLAY" ]]
+   then
+      echo "$0 error: Skipping ${thisDE}: Could not find current session." 1>&2
+      return 1
+   fi
+
+   return 0
+}
+
+function loadConfig {
+   checks || exit $?
+   getSession || exit $?
+
+   #exit 0 #FIXME
+   # Assume infile exists as a file (we tested earlier)
+   if [[ -n "$thispid" && -n "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS" ]]
+   then
+
+      # get user of that directory
+      #thisowner="$( stat -c '%U' "${infile}" )"
+      #thisowneruid="$( stat -c '%u' "${infile}" )"
+
+      # xfce custom configuration
+      while read -r channel attrib value
+      do
+         # display output
+         #printf "channel=%s\tattrib=%s\tvalue\%s\n" "${channel}" "${attrib}" "${value}"
+
+         # provide data type. This needs to be researched before making a new .xfconf file.
+         _thistype=string
+         case "${attrib}" in
+            *last-separator-position) _thistype=integer ;;
+            *last-show-hidden|*misc-single-click) _thistype=bool ;;
+         esac
+
+         # make change
+         env DISPLAY="${DISPLAY}" DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS="${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS}" ${thisDEconf} --create -t ${_thistype} -c "${channel}" -p "${attrib}" -s "${value}"
+         #sudo su - "${thisowner}" -c "DISPLAY=${DISPLAY} DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS=${DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS} ${thisDEconf} --create -t ${_thistype} -c ${channel} -p ${attrib} -s ${value}"
+      done < <(grep -viE '^\s*((#|;).*)?$' "${infile}")
+   fi
+}
+
+function dumpConfig {
+   if [[ -z "$infile" ]]
+   then
+      echo "Error: Filename not provided"
+      exit 1
+   fi
+   xfconf-query -l | sed -r -e '/Channels:/d' | while read -r line
+   do
+      xfconf-query -lv -c "${line}" | sed -r -e "s/^/${line} /"
+   done > "$infile"
+   echo "Xfce Configuration dumped to '$infile'"
+}
+
+case "${thismode,,}" in
+   dump)    dumpConfig;;
+   load)    loadConfig;;
+   help)    showHelp;;
+   *)       showHelp;;
+esac