2 files changed, 62 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/apt-panopticommon.lua b/apt-panopticommon.lua
index c9194fa..a19f1e3 100644
--- a/apt-panopticommon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticommon.lua
@@ -450,6 +450,65 @@ APT.fork = function(s)
     os.execute(s .. " &")
 end
 
+
+APT.exe = function(c)
+    local exe = {status = 0, result = ''}
+    exe.cmd = c .. ' '
+    exe.log = false
+
+    function exe:log()
+        self.log = true
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:Nice(c)
+        self.cmd = self.cmd .. 'ionice -c3 nice -n 19 ' .. c .. ' '
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:And(c)
+        if nil == c then c = '' else c = ' ' .. c end
+        self.cmd = self.cmd .. '&&' .. c .. ' '
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:Or(c)
+        if nil == c then c = '' end
+        self.cmd = self.cmd .. '|| ' .. c .. ' '
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:noErr()
+        self.cmd = self.cmd .. '2>/dev/null '
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:wait(w)
+        self.cmd = self.cmd .. '&& touch ' .. w .. ' '
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:Do()
+        if self.log then D("  executing - &nbsp; <code>" .. self.cmd .. "</code>") end
+        --[[ Damn os.execute()
+            Lua 5.1 says it returns "a status code, which is system-dependent"
+            Lua 5.2 says it returns true/nil, "exit"/"signal", the status code.
+            I'm getting 7168 or 0.  No idea what the fuck that is.
+        local ok, rslt, status = os.execute(s)
+        ]]
+        local f = io.popen(self.cmd .. ' ; echo "$?"', 'r')
+        -- The last line will be the command's returned status, collect everything else in result.
+        for l in f:lines() do
+            self.result = self.result .. self.status .. "\n"
+            self.status = l
+        end
+        self.status = tonumber(self.status)
+        return self
+    end
+    function exe:fork()
+        self.cmd = '{ ' .. self.cmd .. '; } &'
+        if self.log then D("  forking - &nbsp; <code>" .. self.cmd .. "</code>") end
+        os.execute(self.cmd)
+        return self
+    end
+    return exe
+end
+
+
 APT.checkExes = function (exe)
     local count = io.popen('ps x | grep "' .. exe .. '" | grep -v " grep " | grep -v "flock -n apt-panopticon.lock " | wc -l'):read("*l")
     D(count .. " " .. exe .. " commands still running.")
diff --git a/apt-panopticon.lua b/apt-panopticon.lua
index e54e553..a97a974 100755
--- a/apt-panopticon.lua
+++ b/apt-panopticon.lua
@@ -1065,8 +1065,9 @@ else
     local adt = fadt:read('*l')
     fadt:close()
     if (nil ~= adt) and APT.checkFile(adt) then
-        os.execute('{ mkdir -p ' .. adt:sub(1, 18) .. ' && ionice -c3 nice -n 19' ..
-                    ' tar -c --xz ' .. adt .. ' -f ' .. adt:sub(1, 18) .. '/' .. adt .. '.tar.xz && rm -fr ' .. adt .. ' 2>/dev/null; } &')
+        APT.exe('mkdir -p ' .. adt:sub(1, 18))
+        :And():Nice('tar -c --xz ' .. adt .. ' -f ' .. adt:sub(1, 18) .. '/' .. adt .. '.tar.xz')
+        :And('rm -fr ' .. adt):noErr():fork()
     end
     local dt = os.date('!%F-%H-%M')
     local fodt = io.popen('TZ="GMT" date -r results/stamp +%F-%H-%M 2>/dev/null', 'r')