From: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
Date: Mon, 26 Dec 2011 19:51:45 +0000 (-0600)
Subject: Default to stdin/stdout in bup meta when -f is not specified.
X-Git-Tag: bup-0.25-rc2~119
X-Git-Url: https://arthur.barton.de/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=27216754ca382bc2c4fe36d95d9cfc305a38a0ba;p=bup.git

Default to stdin/stdout in bup meta when -f is not specified.

Signed-off-by: Rob Browning <rlb@defaultvalue.org>
Reviewed-by: Zoran Zaric <zz@zoranzaric.de>
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diff --git a/Documentation/bup-meta.md b/Documentation/bup-meta.md
index 853d097..a53cc4c 100644
--- a/Documentation/bup-meta.md
+++ b/Documentation/bup-meta.md
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ access permissions, etc.) for a set of filesystem paths.
 
 -t, \--list
 :   Display information about the metadata in an archive.  Read the
-    archive from standard output unless `--file` is specified.
+    archive from standard input unless `--file` is specified.
 
 -x, \--extract
 :   Extract a metadata archive.  Conceptually, perform `--start-extract`
diff --git a/cmd/meta-cmd.py b/cmd/meta-cmd.py
index 4d4aac6..b557ba3 100755
--- a/cmd/meta-cmd.py
+++ b/cmd/meta-cmd.py
@@ -15,10 +15,15 @@ from bup.helpers import handle_ctrl_c, log, saved_errors
 
 
 def open_input(name):
-    if name != '-':
-        return open(name, 'r')
-    else:
+    if not name or name == '-':
         return sys.stdin
+    return open(name, 'r')
+
+
+def open_output(name):
+    if not name or name == '-':
+        return sys.stdout
+    return open(name, 'w')
 
 
 optspec = """
@@ -61,10 +66,7 @@ if action_count == 0:
 if opt.create:
     if len(remainder) < 1:
         o.fatal("no paths specified for create")
-    if opt.file != '-':
-        output_file = open(opt.file, 'w')
-    else:
-        output_file = sys.stdout
+    output_file = open_output(opt.file)
     metadata.save_tree(output_file,
                        remainder,
                        recurse=opt.recurse,