source: MondoRescue/trunk/mondo/mondo/common/libmondo-tools.c@ 1

/* libmondo-tools.c                                  misc tools
   $Id: libmondo-tools.c,v 1.14 2004/06/19 01:36:07 hugo Exp $
.


06/28
- abort if RAID partitions found but /etc/raidtab not found

06/25
- don't insist on ms-sys; recommend it
- don't fatal_error if can't open log file

06/14
- call mindi -V before calling mindi --makemountlist

04/09
- lots of malloc'd char*'s instead of char[]'s in post_param_config'n

04/02
- better sanity-checking, re: /etc/modules.conf

02/15
- abort if Windows dir but no ms-sys or parted

02/08
- missing ramdisk/initrd support is nonfatal now (but stupid)

01/16
- added g_kernel_version and get_kernel_version()

01/08/2004
- fixed /boot mounter thingy

11/14/2003
- if <50MB free in /root, softlink /root/images/mindi to
  /home/root/images/mindi as a workaround

10/23
- streaming backups now generate 4MB sets; CDs, 8MB sets

10/21
- better at finding your /boot in order to mount it, if nec.
- link /etc/modules.conf to /etc/conf.modules if former
  is missing but latter is not
- changed "/mnt/cdrom" to MNT_CDROM
- changed "/mnt/floppy" to MNT_FLOPPY

10/13
- added stop_magicdev_if_necessary()
- added restart_magicdev_if_necessary()

10/02
- don't eject if bkpinfo->please_dont_eject is TRUE

09/28
- fixed segfault in mount_..._necessary

09/26
- ask for cmp (or create workaround if possible)

09/25
- add DVD support

09/24
- don't overwrite existing media-dev value in bkpinfo IF it's
  a tape device AND it's already populated by /dev/{something}
  ...This helps w/ weird tape drives

09/23
- malloc/free global strings in new subroutines - malloc_libmondo_global_strings()
  and free_libmondo_global_strings() - which are in libmondo-tools.c

09/18
- added stop_autofs_if_necessary() and restart_autofs_if_necessary()

09/13
- added log_debug_msg()
- turned log_it() into a macro

09/10
- reduced PPCFG_RAMDISK to 150m (was 200m)
- max set size is now 8MB (was 6)
- added 'buffer' to requisite tools

08/29
- typical set size is now 5MB
   
07/22
- increased PPCFG* to 200m

05/07
- changed grep -m1 to grep | head -n1 for Debian users
- pre_param_...() also mkdir -p /mnt/cdrom, just in case

05/05
- cleaner logging of call to dd if=<tape> of=/dev/null
- added Joshua Oreman's FreeBSD patches

05/04
- added Herman Kuster's multi-level bkp patch

05/02
- log_it() --- "Message repeated N times" (if it was)

04/24
- added lots of assert()'s and log_OS_error()'s
- reset_bkpinfop() --- reset all media_size[] array
- increased tmpfs ramdisk to size=100m

04/22
- post_param_configuration() --- store iso-dev and isodir

04/05
- re-enable tmpfs ramdisk/mountpt _but_ make sure size=80m
- in post_param_configuration(), use cdrecord in preference
  to dvdrecord now

03/27
- disabled tmpfs ramdisk/mountpt

01/02/2003
- bkpinfo->makefilelist = TRUE

12/10/2002
- added g_loglevel
- fixed minor bug in clean_up_KDE_desktop_if_necessary()
- log versions of newt, slang, ncurses
- isodir defaults to / if disaster recovery

11/28
- unmount all CD devices at start
- added clean_up_KDE_desktop_if_necessary()

11/20
- don't use lilo.conf.anaconda; abort instead
- mount/unmount /boot partition for Gentoo 1.2 users

11/13
- call mindi --makemountlist as part of testing sanity of distro

11/08
- added a couple of chmod 700's (one for scratchdir, one for tmpdir)
  to post_param_configuration()

10/01 - 10/31
- added checking of / and /root's free space to some_basic_sanity_checks()
- moved some subroutines here from common/libmondo-archive

09/01 - 09/30
- don't write log_it()'s string to stdout, even if text mode
- tell user the kernel is bad if it has no ramdisk support but allow
  it if they want to use the failsafe kernel for booting
- run_program_and_log_output() now takes boolean operator to specify
  whether it will log its activities in the event of _success_
- if mkfs.vfat not found but mkfs.msdos found then create a softlink
  from the former to the latter

08/01 - 08/31
- if /etc/lilo.conf not found not /etc/lilo.conf.anaconda found
  then create a softlink from the former to the latter, to work
  around RH7.3's b0rken LILO support
- handle unknown media size

07/27
- created
*/


/**
 * @file
 * Miscellaneous tools that didn't really fit anywhere else.
 */

#include "my-stuff.h"
#include "mondostructures.h"
#include "lib-common-externs.h"
#include "libmondo-tools.h"
#include "libmondo-gui-EXT.h"
#include "libmondo-files-EXT.h"
#include "libmondo-fork-EXT.h"
#include "libmondo-raid-EXT.h"
#include <sys/socket.h>
#include <netdb.h>
#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <arpa/inet.h>

/*@unused@*/
//static char cvsid[] = "$Id: libmondo-tools.c,v 1.14 2004/06/19 01:36:07 hugo Exp $";

extern int g_tape_buffer_size_MB;
extern char *g_erase_tmpdir_and_scratchdir;
extern char *g_serial_string;
extern bool g_text_mode;
extern int g_currentY;
extern int g_current_media_number;

/**
 * @addtogroup globalGroup
 * @{
 */
bool g_remount_cdrom_at_end, ///< TRUE if we unmounted the CD-ROM and should remount it when done with the backup.
    g_remount_floppy_at_end; ///< TRUE if we unmounted the floppy and should remount it when done with the backup.
bool g_cd_recovery; ///< TRUE if we're making an "autonuke" backup.
double g_kernel_version;

/**
 * The place where /boot is mounted.
 */
char *g_boot_mountpt=NULL;

/**
 * The location of Mondo's home directory.
 */
char *g_mondo_home=NULL;

/**
 * The serial string (used to differentiate between backups) of the current backup.
 */
char *g_serial_string=NULL;

/**
 * The location where tmpfs is mounted, or "" if it's not mounted.
 */
char *g_tmpfs_mountpt=NULL;
char *g_magicdev_command=NULL;

/**
 * The default maximum level to log messages at or below.
 */
int g_loglevel=DEFAULT_DEBUG_LEVEL;

/* @} - end of globalGroup */


extern pid_t g_buffer_pid;
extern pid_t g_main_pid;

extern t_bkptype g_backup_media_type;

extern bool am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode(void);


/**
 * @addtogroup utilityGroup
 * @{
 */
/**
 * Assertion handler. Prints a friendly message to the user,
 * offering to ignore all, dump core, break to debugger,
 * exit, or ignore. Intended to be used with an assert() macro.
 *
 * @param file The file in which the assertion triggered.
 * @param function The function (@c __FUNCTION__) in which the assertion triggered.
 * @param line The line number of the assert() statement.
 * @param exp The expression that failed (as a string).
 */
void _mondo_assert_fail (const char *file,
             const char *function,
             int         line,
             const char *exp) 
{
    static int ignoring_assertions = 0;
    bool is_valid = TRUE;

    log_it ("ASSERTION FAILED: `%s' at %s:%d in %s", exp, file, line, function);
    if (ignoring_assertions) {
    log_it ("Well, the user doesn't care...");
    return;
    }

#ifndef _XWIN
    if (!g_text_mode)
    newtSuspend();
#endif
    printf ("ASSERTION FAILED: `%s'\n", exp);
    printf ("\tat %s:%d in %s\n\n", file, line, function);
    printf ("(I)gnore, ignore (A)ll, (D)ebug, a(B)ort, or (E)xit? ");
    do {
    is_valid = TRUE;
    switch (toupper (getchar())) {
    case 'A': // ignore (A)ll
        ignoring_assertions = 1;
        break;
    case 'B': // a(B)ort
        signal (SIGABRT, SIG_DFL); /* prevent SIGABRT handler from running */
        raise (SIGABRT);
        break;          /* "can't get here" */
    case 'D': // (D)ebug, aka asm("int 3")
#ifdef __IA32__
        __asm__ __volatile__ ("int $3"); // break to debugger
#endif
        break;
    case 'E': // (E)xit
        fatal_error ("Failed assertion -- see above for details");
        break;          /* "can't get here" */
    case 'I': // (I)gnore
        break;
    /* These next two work as follows:
       the `default' catches the user's invalid choice and says so;
       the '\n' catches the newline on the end and prints the prompt again.
    */
    case '\n':
        printf ("(I)gnore, ignore (A)ll, (D)ebug, a(B)ort, or (E)xit? ");
        break;
    default:
        is_valid = FALSE;
        printf ("Invalid choice.\n");
        break;
    }
    } while (!is_valid);

    if (ignoring_assertions) {
    log_it ("Ignoring ALL assertions from now on.");
    } else {
    log_it ("Ignoring assertion: %s", exp);
    }

    getchar(); // skip \n

#ifndef _XWIN
    if (!g_text_mode)
    newtResume();
#endif
}

/**
 * Clean's up users' KDE desktops.
 * @bug Details about this function are unknown.
 */
void clean_up_KDE_desktop_if_necessary(void)
{
  char *tmp;

  malloc_string(tmp);
  strcpy(tmp, "for i in `find /root /home -type d -name Desktop -maxdepth 2`; do \
file=$i/.directory; if [ -f \"$file\" ] ; then mv -f $file $file.old ; \
cat $file.old | awk '{if (index($0, \"rootimagesmindi\")) { while (length($0)>2) { getline;} ; } \
else { print $0;};}' > $file ; fi ; done");
  run_program_and_log_output(tmp, 5);
  paranoid_free(tmp);
}


/**
 * Locate mondoarchive's home directory. Searches in /usr/local/mondo, /usr/share/mondo,
 * /usr/local/share/mondo, /opt, or if all else fails, search /usr.
 *
 * @param home_sz String to store the home directory ("" if it could not be found).
 * @return 0 for success, nonzero for failure.
 */
int find_and_store_mondoarchives_home(char *home_sz)
{
  assert(home_sz!=NULL);
  strcpy (home_sz,
      call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output
      ("find /usr/lib/ /usr/local/ /usr/share/ /usr/local/share/ /opt/ /ramdisk/usr/share/ -type d -maxdepth 2 -name include -prune -o -type d -maxdepth 2 -path '*/mondo/restore-scripts' -printf '%h\n' 2> /dev/null"));

  if (home_sz[0] == '\0')
    {
      strcpy (home_sz,
          call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output
          ("find /usr -type d -path '*/mondo/restore-scripts' -follow -maxdepth 3 -printf '%h\n' 2> /dev/null"));
    }
  if (home_sz[0] == '\0')
    {
      return(1);
    }
  else
    {
      return(0);
    }
}


char *get_architecture()
{
#ifdef __IA32__
    return("i386");
#endif
#ifdef __IA64__
    return("ia64");
#endif
    return("unknown");
}



double get_kernel_version()
{
  char *p, tmp[200];
  double d;
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
  // JOSH - FIXME :)
  d = 5.2; // :-)
#else
  strcpy(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output("uname -r"));
  p = strchr(tmp, '.');
  if (p)
    {
      p = strchr(++p, '.');
      if (p)
        {
      while(*p) { *p=*(p+1); p++; }
        }
    }
//  log_msg(1, "tmp = '%s'", tmp);
  d = atof(tmp);
#endif
  log_msg(1, "g_kernel_version = %f", d);
  return(d);
}





/**
 * Get the current time.
 * @return number of seconds since the epoch.
 */
long
get_time ()
{

#if 0

    /*@ pointers *****************************************************/
  FILE *fin;

    /*@ buffers ******************************************************/
  char incoming[MAX_STR_LEN];

    /*@ end vars *****************************************************/

  if (!(fin = popen ("date +%s", "r"))) { log_OS_error("Cannot popen date"); return(0); }
  fgets (incoming, MAX_STR_LEN - 1, fin);
  paranoid_pclose (fin);
  return (atol (incoming));
#else
  return (long) time ((void *) 0);
#endif
}







/**
 * Initialize a RAID volume structure, setting fields to zero. The
 * actual hard drive is unaffected.
 *
 * @param raidrec The RAID volume structure to initialize.
 * @note This function is system dependent.
 */
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
void initialize_raidrec (struct vinum_volume *raidrec)
{
  int i, j;
  raidrec->volname[0] = '\0';
  raidrec->plexes = 0;
  for (i = 0; i < 9; ++i) {
    raidrec->plex[i].raidlevel = -1;
    raidrec->plex[i].stripesize = 0;
    raidrec->plex[i].subdisks = 0;
    for (j = 0; j < 9; ++j) {
       strcpy (raidrec->plex[i].sd[j].which_device, "");
    }
  }
}
#else
void initialize_raidrec (struct raid_device_record *raidrec)
{
  assert(raidrec!=NULL);
  raidrec->raid_device[0] = '\0';
  raidrec->raid_level = 0;
  raidrec->chunk_size = 4;
  raidrec->persistent_superblock = 1;
  raidrec->data_disks.entries = 0;
  raidrec->spare_disks.entries = 0;
  raidrec->parity_disks.entries = 0;
  raidrec->failed_disks.entries = 0;
  raidrec->additional_vars.entries = 0;
}
#endif




/**
 * Insert modules that Mondo requires.
 * Currently inserts @c dos, @c fat, @c vfat, and @c osst for Linux;
 * @c msdosfs and @c ext2fs for FreeBSD.
 */
void insmod_crucial_modules(void)
{
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
  system("kldstat | grep msdosfs || kldload msdosfs 2> /dev/null");
  system("kldstat | grep ext2fs  || kldload ext2fs 2> /dev/null");
#else
  system("modprobe dos &> /dev/null");
  system("modprobe fat &> /dev/null");
  system("modprobe vfat &> /dev/null");
  //  system("modprobe osst &> /dev/null");
#endif
}


/**
 * Log a trace message to the trace file.
 * @bug This function seems orphaned. Please remove.
 */
void
log_trace (char *o)
{
    /*@ pointers *****************************************************/
  FILE *fout;

    /*@ buffers ******************************************************/
  char output[MAX_STR_LEN];

    /*@ int    *******************************************************/
  int i;

    /*@ end vars ****************************************************/

  if (o[0] == '\0')
    {
      return;
    }
  strcpy (output, o);
  i = (int) strlen (output);
  if (i <= 0)
    {
      return;
    }
  if (output[i - 1] < 32)
    {
      output[i - 1] = '\0';
    }
  if (g_text_mode /* && !strstr(last_line_of_file(MONDO_LOGFILE),output) */ )
    {
      printf ("%s\n", output);
    }

  fout = fopen (MONDO_TRACEFILE, "a");
  if (fout)
    {
      fprintf (fout, "%s\n", output);
      paranoid_fclose (fout);
    }
  else
    {
      log_OS_error( "Cannot write to tracefile" );
    }
}





/**
 * Finish configuring the backup information structure. Call this function
 * to set the parameters that depend on those that can be given on the command
 * line.
 *
 * @param bkpinfo The backup information structure. Fields modified/used:
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->backup_data
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->backup_media_type
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->cdrw_speed
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->compression_level
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->include_paths
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->isodir
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->manual_cd_tray
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->make_cd_use_lilo
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->media_device
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->nfs_mount
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->nonbootable_backup
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->scratchdir
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->tmpdir
 * - Used: @c bkpinfo->use_lzo
 * - Modified: @c bkpinfo->call_before_iso
 * - Modified: @c bkpinfo->call_make_iso
 * - Modified: @c bkpinfo->optimal_set_size
 * - Modified: @c bkpinfo->zip_exe
 * - Modified: @c bkpinfo->zip_suffix
 * 
 * @return number of errors, or 0 for success.
 * @note Also creates directories that are specified in the @c bkpinfo structure but
 * do not exist.
 */
int post_param_configuration (struct s_bkpinfo *bkpinfo)
{
  char *extra_cdrom_params;
  char *mondo_mkisofs_sz;
  char *command;
  char *mtpt;
  char *hostname, *ip_address;
  int retval=0;
  long avm = 0;
  char *colon;
  char *cdr_exe;
  char *tmp;
  int rdsiz_MB;
      char *iso_dev;
      char *iso_mnt;
      char *iso_tmp;
      char *iso_path;

  assert(bkpinfo!=NULL);
  malloc_string(extra_cdrom_params);
  malloc_string(mondo_mkisofs_sz);
  malloc_string(command);
  malloc_string(mtpt);
  malloc_string(hostname);
  malloc_string(ip_address);
  malloc_string(cdr_exe);
  malloc_string(tmp);
      malloc_string(iso_dev);
      malloc_string(iso_mnt);
      malloc_string(iso_tmp);
      malloc_string(iso_path);
  bkpinfo->optimal_set_size = (IS_THIS_A_STREAMING_BACKUP(bkpinfo->backup_media_type)?4:8) * 1024;

  log_msg(1, "Foo");
  if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == tape)
    {
      log_msg(1, "Bar");
      sprintf(tmp, "mt -f %s status", bkpinfo->media_device);
      log_msg(1, "tmp = '%s'", tmp);
      if (run_program_and_log_output(tmp, 3))
        {
          fatal_error("Unable to open tape device. If you haven't specified it with -d, do so. If you already have, check your parameter. I think it's wrong.");
    }
    }    
  make_hole_for_dir(bkpinfo->scratchdir);
  make_hole_for_dir(bkpinfo->tmpdir);
  if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == iso)
      make_hole_for_dir(bkpinfo->isodir);

  run_program_and_log_output ("uname -a", 5);
  run_program_and_log_output ("cat /etc/*issue*", 5);
  sprintf(g_tmpfs_mountpt, "%s/tmpfs", bkpinfo->tmpdir);
  sprintf(command, "mkdir -p %s", g_tmpfs_mountpt);
  paranoid_system(command);
  rdsiz_MB = PPCFG_RAMDISK_SIZE + g_tape_buffer_size_MB;
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
  strcpy(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output("vmstat | tail -1 | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f6"));
  avm += atol (tmp);
  strcpy(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output("swapinfo | grep -v Device | tr -s ' ' | cut -d' ' -f4 | tr '\n' '+' | sed 's/+$//' | bc"));
  avm += atol (tmp);
  sprintf(command, "mdmfs -s %d%c md9 %s", rdsiz_MB, 'm', g_tmpfs_mountpt);
#else
  strcpy(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output("free | grep \":\" | tr -s ' ' '\t' | cut -f2 | head -n1"));
  avm += atol (tmp);
  sprintf(command, "mount /dev/shm -t tmpfs %s -o size=%d%c", g_tmpfs_mountpt, rdsiz_MB, 'm');
  run_program_and_log_output ("cat /proc/cpuinfo", 5);
  run_program_and_log_output ("rpm -q newt newt-devel slang slang-devel ncurses ncurses-devel gcc", 5);
#endif
  if (avm/1024 > rdsiz_MB*3)
    {
      if (run_program_and_log_output(command, 5))
    {
      g_tmpfs_mountpt[0] = '\0';
      log_it("Failed to mount tmpfs");
    }
      else
    {
      log_it("Tmpfs mounted OK - %d MB", rdsiz_MB);
    }
    }
  else
    {
      g_tmpfs_mountpt[0] = '\0';
      log_it ("It doesn't seem you have enough swap to use tmpfs. Fine.");
    }

  if (bkpinfo->use_lzo)
    {
      strcpy (bkpinfo->zip_exe, "lzop");
      strcpy (bkpinfo->zip_suffix, "lzo");
    }
  else if (bkpinfo->compression_level!=0)
    {
      strcpy (bkpinfo->zip_exe, "bzip2");
      strcpy (bkpinfo->zip_suffix, "bz2");
    }
  else
    {
      bkpinfo->zip_exe[0] = bkpinfo->zip_suffix[0] = '\0';
    }

// DVD

  if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == dvd)
      {
      extra_cdrom_params[0] = '\0';
      mondo_mkisofs_sz[0] = '\0';
      if (find_home_of_exe("growisofs"))
    { strcpy(cdr_exe, "growisofs"); } // unlikely to be used
      else
        { fatal_error("Please install growisofs."); }
      if (bkpinfo->nonbootable_backup)
        { strcat(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_GROWISOFS_NONBOOT); }
      else if
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
        (TRUE)
#else
        (bkpinfo->make_cd_use_lilo)
#endif
#ifdef __IA64__
        { strcat(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_GROWISOFS_REGULAR_ELILO); }
#else
        { strcat(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_GROWISOFS_REGULAR_LILO); }
#endif
      else
        { strcat(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_GROWISOFS_REGULAR_SYSLINUX); }
      if (bkpinfo->manual_cd_tray)
    {
      fatal_error("Manual CD tray + DVD not supported yet.");
      // -m isn't supported by growisofs, BTW...
    }
      else
    {
      sprintf (bkpinfo->call_make_iso,
           "%s %s -Z %s . 2>> _ERR_",
           mondo_mkisofs_sz,
           extra_cdrom_params,
           bkpinfo->media_device);
        }
      log_msg(2, "call_make_iso (DVD res) is ... %s", bkpinfo->call_make_iso);
    } // end of DVD code

// CD-R or CD-RW
  if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == cdrw || bkpinfo->backup_media_type == cdr)
    {
      extra_cdrom_params[0] = '\0';
      if (!bkpinfo->manual_cd_tray)
    {
      strcat (extra_cdrom_params, "-waiti ");
    }
      if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == cdrw)
    {
      strcat (extra_cdrom_params, "blank=fast ");
    }
      if (find_home_of_exe("cdrecord"))
    { strcpy(cdr_exe, "cdrecord"); }
      else if (find_home_of_exe("dvdrecord"))
    { strcpy(cdr_exe, "dvdrecord"); }
      else
        { fatal_error("Please install either cdrecord or dvdrecord."); }
      if (bkpinfo->nonbootable_backup)
        { strcpy(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_MKISOFS_NONBOOT); }
      else if
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
        (TRUE)
#else
        (bkpinfo->make_cd_use_lilo)
#endif
#ifdef __IA64__
        { strcat(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_MKISOFS_REGULAR_ELILO); }
#else
        { strcpy(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_MKISOFS_REGULAR_LILO); }
#endif
      else
        { strcpy(mondo_mkisofs_sz, MONDO_MKISOFS_REGULAR_SYSLINUX); }
      if (bkpinfo->manual_cd_tray)
    {
      sprintf (bkpinfo->call_before_iso,
           "%s -o %s/temporary.iso . 2>> _ERR_", mondo_mkisofs_sz, bkpinfo->tmpdir);
      sprintf (bkpinfo->call_make_iso,
           "%s %s -v %s fs=4m dev=%s speed=%d %s/temporary.iso",
           cdr_exe,
           (bkpinfo->please_dont_eject)?" ":"-eject",
           extra_cdrom_params, bkpinfo->media_device,
           bkpinfo->cdrw_speed, bkpinfo->tmpdir);
    }
      else
    {
      sprintf (bkpinfo->call_make_iso,
           "%s . 2>> _ERR_ | %s %s %s fs=4m dev=%s speed=%d -",
           mondo_mkisofs_sz, cdr_exe,
           (bkpinfo->please_dont_eject)?" ":"-eject",
           extra_cdrom_params, bkpinfo->media_device,
           bkpinfo->cdrw_speed);
        }
    } // end of CD code

  /*
  if (bkpinfo->backup_data && bkpinfo->backup_media_type == tape)
    {
      sprintf (tmp,
           "dd if=/dev/zero of=%s bs=%ld count=32 2> /dev/null",
           bkpinfo->media_device, bkpinfo->internal_tape_block_size);
      if (system(tmp))
    {
      retval++;
      fprintf (stderr,
           "Cannot write to tape device. Is the tape set read-only?\n");
    }
    } // end of tape code
  */


  if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == iso)
    {

/* Patch by Conor Daly <conor.daly@met.ie> 
 * 23-june-2004
 * Break up isodir into iso_mnt and iso_path
 * These will be used along with iso-dev at restore time
 * to locate the ISOs where ever they're mounted
 */

      log_it("isodir = %s", bkpinfo->isodir);
      sprintf(command, "df %s | tail -n1 | cut -d' ' -f1", bkpinfo->isodir);
      log_it("command = %s", command);
      log_it("res of it = %s", call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
      sprintf(iso_dev, "%s", call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
      sprintf(tmp, "%s/ISO-DEV", bkpinfo->tmpdir);
      write_one_liner_data_file(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));

      sprintf(command, "mount | grep -w %s | tail -n1 | cut -d' ' -f3", iso_dev);
      log_it("command = %s", command);
      log_it("res of it = %s", call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
      sprintf(iso_mnt, "%s", call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
      sprintf(tmp, "%s/ISO-MNT", bkpinfo->tmpdir);
      write_one_liner_data_file(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
log_it("isomnt: %s, %d", iso_mnt, strlen(iso_mnt));
      sprintf(iso_tmp, "%s", bkpinfo->isodir);
      if (strlen(iso_tmp) < strlen(iso_mnt))
        {
      iso_path[0] = '\0';
    }
      else
        {
          sprintf(iso_path, "%s", iso_tmp + strlen(iso_mnt));
    }
      sprintf(tmp, "%s/ISODIR", bkpinfo->tmpdir);
      write_one_liner_data_file(tmp, iso_path);
log_it("isodir: %s", iso_path);

/* End patch */
    } // end of iso code

  if (bkpinfo->backup_media_type == nfs) {
      strcpy (hostname, bkpinfo->nfs_mount);
      colon = strchr (hostname, ':');
      if (!colon) {
      log_it ("nfs mount doesn't have a colon in it");
      retval++;
      } else {
      struct hostent *hent;

      *colon = '\0';
      hent = gethostbyname (hostname);
      if (!hent) {
          log_it ("Can't resolve NFS mount (%s): %s", hostname, hstrerror (h_errno));
          retval++;
      } else {
          strcpy (ip_address, inet_ntoa
              ((struct in_addr)*((struct in_addr *)hent->h_addr)));
          strcat (ip_address, strchr (bkpinfo->nfs_mount, ':'));
          strcpy (bkpinfo->nfs_mount, ip_address);
      }
      }
  }

  log_it("Finished processing incoming params");
  if (retval)
    {
      fprintf (stderr, "Type 'man mondoarchive' for help.\n");
    }
  sprintf (tmp, "%s", MONDO_TMPISOS);   /* added #define 22 apr 2002 */
  if (does_file_exist (tmp))
    {
      unlink (tmp);
    }
  if (strlen (bkpinfo->tmpdir) < 2 || strlen (bkpinfo->scratchdir) < 2)
    {
      log_it ("tmpdir or scratchdir are blank/missing");
      retval++;
    }
  if (bkpinfo->include_paths[0] == '\0')
    {
    //      fatal_error ("Why no backup path?");
    strcpy (bkpinfo->include_paths, "/");
    }
  chmod(bkpinfo->scratchdir, 0700);
  chmod(bkpinfo->tmpdir, 0700);
  g_backup_media_type = bkpinfo->backup_media_type;
  paranoid_free(mtpt);
  paranoid_free(extra_cdrom_params);
  paranoid_free(mondo_mkisofs_sz);
  paranoid_free(command);
  paranoid_free(hostname);
  paranoid_free(ip_address);
  paranoid_free(cdr_exe);
  paranoid_free(tmp);
  paranoid_free(iso_dev);
  paranoid_free(iso_mnt);
  paranoid_free(iso_tmp);
  paranoid_free(iso_path);
  return(retval);
}



/**
 * Do some miscellaneous setup tasks to be performed before filling @c bkpinfo.
 * Seeds the random-number generator, loads important modules, checks the sanity
 * of the user's Linux distribution, and deletes logfile.
 * @param bkpinfo The backup information structure. Will be initialized.
 * @return number of errors (0 for success)
 */
int pre_param_configuration(struct s_bkpinfo *bkpinfo)
{
  int res=0;

  make_hole_for_dir(MNT_CDROM);
  assert(bkpinfo!=NULL);
  srandom ((unsigned long)(time (NULL)));
  insmod_crucial_modules();
  reset_bkpinfo (bkpinfo); // also sets defaults ('/'=backup path, 3=compression level)
  if (bkpinfo->disaster_recovery) {
    if (!does_nonMS_partition_exist()) {
      fatal_error ("I am in disaster recovery mode\nPlease don't run mondoarchive.");
    }
  }

  unlink (MONDO_TRACEFILE);
  run_program_and_log_output( "rm -Rf /tmp/changed.files*", FALSE);
  if (find_and_store_mondoarchives_home(g_mondo_home))
    {
      fprintf (stderr,
           "Cannot find Mondo's homedir. I think you have >1 'mondo' directory on your hard disk. Please delete the superfluous 'mondo' directories and try again\n");
      res++;
      return(res);
    }
  res += some_basic_system_sanity_checks ();
  if (res)
    {
      log_it ("Your distribution did not pass Mondo's sanity test.");
    }
  g_current_media_number = 1;
  bkpinfo->postnuke_tarball[0] = bkpinfo->nfs_mount[0] = '\0';
  return(res);
}




/**
 * Reset all fields of the backup information structure to a sensible default.
 * @param bkpinfo The @c bkpinfo to reset.
 */
void
reset_bkpinfo (struct s_bkpinfo *bkpinfo)
{
  int i;

  log_msg(1, "Hi");
  assert(bkpinfo!=NULL);
  memset((void*)bkpinfo, 0, sizeof(struct s_bkpinfo));
  bkpinfo->manual_cd_tray = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->internal_tape_block_size = DEFAULT_INTERNAL_TAPE_BLOCK_SIZE;
  bkpinfo->media_device[0] = '\0';
  for(i=0; i<=MAX_NOOF_MEDIA; i++) { bkpinfo->media_size[i] = -1; }
  bkpinfo->boot_loader = '\0';
  bkpinfo->boot_device[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->zip_exe[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->zip_suffix[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->restore_path[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->use_lzo = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->do_not_compress_these[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->verify_data = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->backup_data = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->restore_data = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->disaster_recovery = (am_I_in_disaster_recovery_mode()?TRUE:FALSE);
  if (bkpinfo->disaster_recovery)
    { strcpy(bkpinfo->isodir, "/"); }
  else
    { strcpy (bkpinfo->isodir, "/root/images/mondo"); }

  bkpinfo->scratchdir[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->make_filelist = TRUE; // unless -J supplied to mondoarchive
  sprintf( bkpinfo->tmpdir, "/tmp/tmpfs/mondo.tmp.%d", (int) ( random() %32768 ) ); // for mondorestore
  bkpinfo->optimal_set_size = 0;
  bkpinfo->backup_media_type = none;
  strcpy (bkpinfo->include_paths, "/");
  bkpinfo->exclude_paths[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->call_before_iso[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->call_make_iso[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->call_burn_iso[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->call_after_iso[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->image_devs[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->postnuke_tarball[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->kernel_path[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->nfs_mount[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->nfs_remote_dir[0] = '\0';
  bkpinfo->wipe_media_first = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->differential = FALSE;
  bkpinfo->cdrw_speed = 0;
// patch by Herman Kuster  
  bkpinfo->differential = 0;
// patch end
  bkpinfo->compression_level = 3;
}




/**
 * Get the remaining free space (in MB) on @p partition.
 * @param partition The partition to check free space on (either a device or a mountpoint).
 * @return The free space on @p partition, in MB.
 */
long free_space_on_given_partition(char*partition)
{
  char command[MAX_STR_LEN], out_sz[MAX_STR_LEN];
  long res;

  assert_string_is_neither_NULL_nor_zerolength(partition);

  sprintf(command, "df -m %s &> /dev/null", partition);
  if (system(command))
    { return(-1); } // partition does not exist
  sprintf(command, "df -m %s | tail -n1 | tr -s ' ' '\t' | cut -f4", partition);
  strcpy(out_sz, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
  if (strlen(out_sz)==0)
    { return(-1); } // error within df, probably
  res = atol(out_sz);
  return(res);
}



/**
 * Check the user's system for sanity. Checks performed:
 * - make sure user has enough RAM (32mb required, 64mb recommended)
 * - make sure user has enough free space in @c /
 * - check kernel for ramdisk support
 * - make sure afio, cdrecord, mkisofs, bzip2, awk, md5sum, strings, mindi, and buffer exist
 * - make sure CD-ROM is unmounted
 * - make sure /etc/modules.conf exists
 * - make sure user's mountlist is OK by running <tt>mindi --makemountlist</tt>
 *
 * @return number of problems with the user's setup (0 for success)
 */
int
some_basic_system_sanity_checks ()
{

    /*@ buffers *************/
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];
  //  char command[MAX_STR_LEN];

    /*@ int's ****************/
  int retval = 0;
  long Lres;


  mvaddstr_and_log_it (g_currentY, 0,
               "Checking sanity of your Linux distribution");
#ifndef __FreeBSD__
  if (system("which mkfs.vfat &> /dev/null") && !system("which mkfs.msdos &> /dev/null"))
    {
      log_it("OK, you've got mkfs.msdos but not mkfs.vfat; time for the fairy to wave her magic wand...");
      run_program_and_log_output("ln -sf `which mkfs.msdos` /sbin/mkfs.vfat", FALSE);
    }
  strcpy (tmp,
      call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output
      ("free | grep Mem | head -n1 | tr -s ' ' '\t' | cut -f2"));
  if (atol (tmp) < 35000)
    {
      retval++;
      log_to_screen ("You must have at least 32MB of RAM to use Mondo.");
    }
  if (atol (tmp) < 66000)
    {
      log_to_screen
    ("WARNING! You have very little RAM. Please upgrade to 64MB or more.");
    }
#endif

  if ((Lres = free_space_on_given_partition("/root"))==-1)
    { Lres = free_space_on_given_partition("/"); }
  log_it("Free space on given partition = %ld MB", Lres);

  if (Lres < 50)
    {
      run_program_and_log_output("rm -Rf /root/images/mindi; mkdir -p /home/root/images/mindi; mkdir -p /root/images; ln -sf /home/root/images/mindi /root/images/mindi", 3);
      //      fatal_error("Your / (or /root) partition has <50MB free. Please adjust your partition table to something saner."); 
    } 

  if (system ("which " MKE2FS_OR_NEWFS " > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"))
    {
      retval++;
      log_to_screen
    ("Unable to find " MKE2FS_OR_NEWFS " in system path.");
      fatal_error
        ("Please use \"su -\", not \"su\" to become root. OK? ...and please don't e-mail the mailing list or me about this. Just read the message. :)");
    }
#ifndef __FreeBSD__
  if (run_program_and_log_output ("cat /proc/devices | grep ramdisk", FALSE))
    {
      if (!ask_me_yes_or_no("Your kernel has no ramdisk support. That's mind-numbingly stupid but I'll allow it if you're planning to use a failsafe kernel. Are you?"))
        {
      //          retval++;
          log_to_screen
            ("It looks as if your kernel lacks ramdisk and initrd support.");
      log_to_screen
        ("I'll allow you to proceed but FYI, if I'm right, your kernel is broken.");
        }
    }
#endif
  retval += whine_if_not_found (MKE2FS_OR_NEWFS);
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("mkisofs");
  if (system("which dvdrecord > /dev/null 2> /dev/null"))
    { retval += whine_if_not_found ("cdrecord"); }
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("bzip2");
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("awk");
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("md5sum");
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("strings");
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("mindi");
  retval += whine_if_not_found ("buffer");

  // abort if Windows partition but no ms-sys and parted
  if (!run_program_and_log_output("mount | grep -w vfat | grep -v /dev/fd | grep -v nexdisk", 0) ||
      !run_program_and_log_output("mount | grep -w dos | grep -v /dev/fd | grep -v nexdisk", 0))
    {
      log_to_screen("I think you have a Windows 9x partition.");
      retval += whine_if_not_found ("parted");
#ifndef __IA64__
      /* IA64 always has one vfat partition for EFI even without Windows */
      // retval += 
      if (!find_home_of_exe("ms-sys"))
        {
      log_to_screen("Please install ms-sys just in case.");
    }
#endif
    }

  if (!find_home_of_exe("cmp"))
    {
      if (!find_home_of_exe("true"))
        { whine_if_not_found ("cmp"); }
      else
        {
          log_to_screen("Your system lacks the 'cmp' binary. I'll create a dummy cmp for you.");
          if (run_program_and_log_output("cp -f `which true` /usr/bin/cmp", 0))
            { fatal_error("Failed to create dummy 'cmp' file."); }
        }
    }
  run_program_and_log_output("umount `mount | grep cdr | cut -d' ' -f3 | tr '\n' ' '`", 5);
  strcpy (tmp,
      call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output
      ("mount | grep -E \"cdr(om|w)\""));
  if (strcmp ("", tmp))
    {
    if (strstr (tmp, "autofs")) {
        log_to_screen ("Your CD-ROM is mounted via autofs. I therefore cannot tell");
        log_to_screen ("if a CD actually is inserted. If a CD is inserted, please");
        log_to_screen ("eject it. Thank you.");
        log_it ("Ignoring autofs CD-ROM 'mount' since we hope nothing's in it.");
    } else if (run_program_and_log_output("uname -a | grep Knoppix", 5)) {
        retval++;
        fatal_error ("Your CD-ROM drive is mounted. Please unmount it.");
    }
    }
#ifndef __FreeBSD__
  if (!does_file_exist ("/etc/modules.conf"))
    {
      if (does_file_exist("/etc/conf.modules"))
        {
          log_it("Linking /etc/modules.conf to /etc/conf.modules");
          run_program_and_log_output("ln -sf /etc/conf.modules /etc/modules.conf", 5);
        }
      else if (does_file_exist("/etc/modprobe.d"))
    {
      log_it("Directory /etc/modprobe.d found. mindi will use its contents.");
    }
      else if (does_file_exist("/etc/modprobe.conf"))
        {
          log_it("Linking /etc/modules.conf to /etc/modprobe.conf");
          run_program_and_log_output("ln -sf /etc/modprobe.conf /etc/modules.conf", 5);
    }
      else
        {
          retval++;
          log_to_screen ("Please find out what happened to /etc/modules.conf");
        }
    }
#endif

  run_program_and_log_output("cat /etc/fstab", 5);
#ifdef __FreeBSD__
  run_program_and_log_output("vinum printconfig", 5);
#else
  run_program_and_log_output("cat /etc/raidtab", 5);
#endif

  if (run_program_and_log_output("mindi -V", 1))
    {
      log_to_screen("Could not ascertain mindi's version number.");
      log_to_screen("You have not installed Mondo and/or Mindi properly.");
      log_to_screen("Please uninstall and reinstall them both.");
      fatal_error("Please reinstall Mondo and Mindi.");
    }
  if (run_program_and_log_output("mindi --makemountlist /tmp/mountlist.txt.test", 5))
    {
      log_to_screen("Mindi --makemountlist /tmp/mountlist.txt.test failed for some reason.");
      log_to_screen("Please run that command by hand and examine /var/log/mindi.log");
      log_to_screen("for more information. Perhaps your /etc/fstab file is insane.");
      log_to_screen("Perhaps Mindi's MakeMountlist() subroutine has a bug. We'll see.");
      retval++;
    }

  if (!run_program_and_log_output("fdisk -l | grep -i raid", 1) && !does_file_exist("/etc/raidtab"))
    {
      log_to_screen("You have RAID partitions but no /etc/raidtab - creating one from /proc/mdstat");
      create_raidtab_from_mdstat("/etc/raidtab", "/proc/mdstat");
    }
  
  if (retval)
    {
      mvaddstr_and_log_it (g_currentY++, 74, "Failed.");
    }
  else
    {
      mvaddstr_and_log_it (g_currentY++, 74, "Done.");
    }
  return (retval);
}

/**
 * Retrieve the line containing @p label from the config file.
 * @param config_file The file to read from, usually @c /tmp/mondo-restore.cfg.
 * @param label What to read from the file.
 * @param value Where to put it.
 * @return 0 for success, 1 for failure.
 */
int
read_cfg_var (char *config_file, char *label, char *value)
{
    /*@ buffer *******************************************************/
  char command[MAX_STR_LEN*2];
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];

    /*@ end vars ****************************************************/

  assert_string_is_neither_NULL_nor_zerolength(config_file);
  assert_string_is_neither_NULL_nor_zerolength(label);
  if (!does_file_exist (config_file))
    {
      sprintf (tmp, "(read_cfg_var) Cannot find %s config file", config_file);
      log_to_screen (tmp);
      value[0] = '\0';
      return (1);
    }
  else if (strstr(value, "/dev/") && strstr(value, "t0") && !strcmp(label, "media-dev"))
    {
      log_msg (2, "FYI, I shan't read new value for %s - already got %s", label, value);
      return(0);
    }
  else
    {
      sprintf (command, "cat %s | grep \"%s .*\" | cut -d' ' -f2,3,4,5",
           config_file, label);
      strcpy (value, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output (command));
      if (strlen (value) == 0)
    {
      return (1);
    }
      else
    {
      return (0);
    }
    }
}



/**
 * Remount @c supermount if it was unmounted earlier.
 */
void remount_supermounts_if_necessary()
{
  if (g_remount_cdrom_at_end)
    {
      run_program_and_log_output ("mount "MNT_CDROM, FALSE);
    }
  if (g_remount_floppy_at_end)
    {
      run_program_and_log_output ("mount "MNT_FLOPPY, FALSE);
    }
}

/**
 * Unmount @c supermount if it's mounted.
 */
void unmount_supermounts_if_necessary()
{
  if (run_program_and_log_output ("mount | grep cdrom | grep super", FALSE) == 0)
    {
      g_remount_cdrom_at_end = TRUE;
      run_program_and_log_output ("umount "MNT_CDROM, FALSE);
    }
  if (run_program_and_log_output ("mount | grep floppy | grep super", FALSE) == 0)
    {
      g_remount_floppy_at_end = TRUE;
      run_program_and_log_output ("umount "MNT_FLOPPY, FALSE);
    }
}

/**
 * Whether we had to stop autofs (if so, restart it at end).
 */
bool g_autofs_stopped=FALSE;

/**
 * Path to the autofs initscript ("" if none exists).
 */
char g_autofs_exe[MAX_STR_LEN];

/**
 * Autofs initscript in Xandros Linux distribution.
 */
#define XANDROS_AUTOFS_FNAME "/etc/init.d/xandros-autofs"

/**
 * Autofs initscript in most Linux distributions.
 */
#define STOCK_AUTOFS_FNAME "/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs"

/**
 * If autofs is mounted, stop it (restart at end).
 */
void stop_autofs_if_necessary()
{
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];
  
  g_autofs_exe[0] = '\0';
  if (does_file_exist(XANDROS_AUTOFS_FNAME))
    { strcpy(g_autofs_exe, XANDROS_AUTOFS_FNAME); }  
  else if (does_file_exist(STOCK_AUTOFS_FNAME))
    { strcpy(g_autofs_exe, STOCK_AUTOFS_FNAME); }
    
  if (!g_autofs_exe[0]) { log_msg(3, "No autofs detected."); }  
  else
    {
      log_msg(3, "%s --- autofs detected", g_autofs_exe);
// FIXME -- only disable it if it's running ---  sprintf(tmp, "%s status", autofs_exe);
      sprintf(tmp, "%s stop", g_autofs_exe);
      if (run_program_and_log_output(tmp, 2))
        { log_it("Failed to stop autofs - I assume it wasn't running"); }
      else
        { g_autofs_stopped = TRUE; log_it("Stopped autofs OK"); }
    }
}

/**
 * If autofs was stopped earlier, restart it.
 */
void restart_autofs_if_necessary()
{
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];
  
  if (!g_autofs_stopped || !g_autofs_exe[0]) { log_msg(3, "No autofs detected."); return; }  
  sprintf(tmp, "%s start", g_autofs_exe);
  if (run_program_and_log_output(tmp, 2))
    { log_it("Failed to start autofs"); }
  else
    { g_autofs_stopped = FALSE; log_it("Started autofs OK"); }
}


/**
 * If this is a distribution like Gentoo that doesn't keep /boot mounted, mount it.
 */
void mount_boot_if_necessary()
{
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];
  char command[MAX_STR_LEN];

  log_msg(1, "Started sub");
  log_msg(4, "About to set g_boot_mountpt[0] to '\\0'");
  g_boot_mountpt[0] = '\0';
  log_msg(4, "Done. Great. Seeting command to something");
  strcpy(command, "cat /etc/fstab | grep -v \":\" | grep -vx \"#.*\" | grep -w \"/boot\" | tr -s ' ' '\t' | cut -f1 | head -n1");
  log_msg(4, "Cool. Command = '%s'", command);
  strcpy(tmp, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output(command));
  log_msg(4, "tmp = '%s'", tmp);
  if (tmp[0])
    {
      log_it("/boot is at %s according to /etc/fstab", tmp);
      if (strstr(tmp, "LABEL="))
        {
      if (!run_program_and_log_output("mount /boot", 5))
        {
          strcpy(g_boot_mountpt, "/boot");
          log_msg(1, "Mounted /boot");
        }
      else
        {
          log_it("...ignored cos it's a label :-)"); 
        }
    }
      else
        {
          sprintf(command, "mount | grep -w \"%s\"", tmp);
          log_msg(3, "command = %s", command);
          if (run_program_and_log_output(command, 5))
            {
          strcpy(g_boot_mountpt, tmp);
              sprintf(tmp, "%s (your /boot partition) is not mounted. I'll mount it before backing up", g_boot_mountpt);
          log_it(tmp);
          sprintf(tmp, "mount %s", g_boot_mountpt);
          if (run_program_and_log_output(tmp, 5))
        { 
          g_boot_mountpt[0] = '\0';
          log_msg(1, "Plan B");
          if (!run_program_and_log_output("mount /boot", 5))
            {
              strcpy(g_boot_mountpt, "/boot");
              log_msg(1, "Plan B worked");
            }
          else
            {
              log_msg(1, "Plan B failed. Unable to mount /boot for backup purposes. This probably means /boot is mounted already, or doesn't have its own partition.");
            }
        }
            }
        }
    }
  log_msg(1, "Ended sub");
}


/**
 * If we mounted /boot earlier, unmount it.
 */
void unmount_boot_if_necessary()
{
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];

  log_msg(3, "starting");
  if (g_boot_mountpt[0])
    {
      sprintf(tmp, "umount %s", g_boot_mountpt);
      if (run_program_and_log_output(tmp, 5))
    { log_it("WARNING - unable to unmount /boot"); }
    }
   log_msg(3, "leaving");
}



/**
 * Write a line to a configuration file. Writes a line of the form,
 * @c label @c value.
 * @param config_file The file to write to. Usually @c mondo-restore.cfg.
 * @param label What to call this bit of data you're writing.
 * @param value The bit of data you're writing.
 * @return 0 for success, 1 for failure.
 */
int
write_cfg_var (char *config_file, char *label, char *value)
{
    /*@ buffers ******************************************************/
  char command[MAX_STR_LEN*2];
  char tempfile[MAX_STR_LEN];
  char tmp[MAX_STR_LEN];


    /*@ end vars ****************************************************/
  assert_string_is_neither_NULL_nor_zerolength(config_file);
  assert_string_is_neither_NULL_nor_zerolength(label);
  assert(value!=NULL);
  if (!does_file_exist (config_file))
    {
      sprintf (tmp, "(write_cfg_file) Cannot find %s config file",
           config_file);
      log_to_screen (tmp);
      return(1);
    }
  strcpy (tempfile,
      call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output
      ("mktemp -q /tmp/mojo-jojo.blah.XXXXXX"));
  if (does_file_exist (config_file))
    {
      sprintf (command, "cat %s | grep -vx \"%s .*\" > %s", config_file,
           label, tempfile);
      paranoid_system (command);
    }
  sprintf (command, "echo \"%s %s\" >> %s", label, value, tempfile);
  paranoid_system (command);
  sprintf (command, "mv -f %s %s", tempfile, config_file);
  paranoid_system (command);
  unlink (tempfile);
  return (0);
}


/**
 * The standard log_debug_msg() (log_msg() also due to a macro). Writes some describing
 * information to the logfile.
 */
void standard_log_debug_msg(int debug_level, const char *szFile,
                const char *szFunction, int nLine, const char *fmt, ...)
{
  va_list args;
  int i;
  static int depth=0;  
  char *tmp;
  FILE*fout;

  if (depth>5) { depth--; return; }
  depth++;

  malloc_string(tmp);

  if (debug_level <= g_loglevel)
    {
      va_start(args, fmt);
      if (!(fout = fopen (MONDO_LOGFILE, "a")))
    { return; } // fatal_error("Failed to openout to logfile - sheesh..."); }

      // add tabs to distinguish log levels
      if (debug_level > 0)
    {
      for (i = 1; i < debug_level; i++)
        fprintf(fout, "\t");
      if (getpid() == g_main_pid)
        fprintf(fout, "[Main] %s->%s#%d: ", szFile, szFunction, nLine);
      else if (getpid() == g_buffer_pid && g_buffer_pid>0)
        fprintf(fout, "[Buff] %s->%s#%d: ", szFile, szFunction, nLine);
      else
        fprintf(fout, "[TH=%d] %s->%s#%d: ", getpid(), szFile, szFunction, nLine);
    }
      vfprintf(fout, fmt, args);

    // do not slow down the progran if standard debug level
    // must be enabled: if no flush, the log won't be up-to-date if there
    // is a segfault
    //if (g_dwDebugLevel != 1)

      va_end(args);
      fprintf(fout, "\n");
      paranoid_fclose(fout);
    }
  depth--;
  paranoid_free(tmp);
}

/**
 * Function pointer to the @c log_debug_msg function to use. Points to standard_log_debug_msg() by default.
 */
void (*log_debug_msg) (int, const char *, const char *, int, const char *, ...) = standard_log_debug_msg;


/**
 * If @p y, malloc @p x, else free @p x.
 * @bug This function seems orphaned. Please remove.
 */
#define do_alloc_or_free_depending(x,y) { if(y) {x=malloc(MAX_STR_LEN);} else {paranoid_free(x);} }

/**
 * Allocate or free important globals, depending on @p mal.
 * @param mal If TRUE, malloc; if FALSE, free.
 */
void do_libmondo_global_strings_thing(int mal)
{
  if (mal)
    {
      iamhere("Malloc'ing globals");
      malloc_string(g_boot_mountpt);
      malloc_string(g_mondo_home);
      malloc_string(g_tmpfs_mountpt);
      malloc_string(g_erase_tmpdir_and_scratchdir);
      malloc_string(g_serial_string);
      malloc_string(g_magicdev_command);
    }
  else
    {
      iamhere("Freeing globals");
      paranoid_free(g_boot_mountpt);
      paranoid_free(g_mondo_home);
      paranoid_free(g_tmpfs_mountpt);
      paranoid_free(g_erase_tmpdir_and_scratchdir);
      paranoid_free(g_serial_string);
      paranoid_free(g_magicdev_command);
    }

  /*
  char**list_of_arrays[] = {
    &g_boot_mountpt,
    &g_mondo_home,
    &g_tmpfs_mountpt,
    &g_erase_tmpdir_and_scratchdir,
    &g_serial_string,
    &g_magicdev_command,
    NULL};

  char**ppcurr;
  int i;
  
  for(i=0;list_of_arrays[i];i++)
    {
      log_msg(5, "Allocating %d", i);
      ppcurr = list_of_arrays[i];
      if (mal)
        { *ppcurr = malloc(MAX_STR_LEN); }
      else
        {
      if (*ppcurr)
        {
          free(*ppcurr);
        }
    }
    }
  log_msg(5, "Returning");
  */
}

/**
 * Allocate important globals.
 * @see do_libmondo_global_strings_thing
 */
void malloc_libmondo_global_strings(void)
{
  do_libmondo_global_strings_thing(1);
}

/**
 * Free important globals.
 * @see do_libmondo_global_strings_thing
 */
void free_libmondo_global_strings(void)
{
  do_libmondo_global_strings_thing(0);
}



/**
 * Stop @c magicdev if it's running.
 * The command used to start it is saved in @p g_magicdev_command.
 */
void stop_magicdev_if_necessary()
{
  strcpy(g_magicdev_command, call_program_and_get_last_line_of_output("ps ax | grep -w magicdev | grep -v grep | tr -s '\t' ' '| cut -d' ' -f6-99"));
  if (g_magicdev_command[0])
    {
      log_msg(1, "g_magicdev_command = '%s'", g_magicdev_command);
      paranoid_system("killall magicdev");
    }
}


/**
 * Restart magicdev if it was stopped.
 */
void restart_magicdev_if_necessary()
{
  char *tmp;
  
  malloc_string(tmp);
  if (g_magicdev_command && g_magicdev_command[0])
    {
      sprintf(tmp, "%s &", g_magicdev_command);
      paranoid_system(tmp);
    }
  paranoid_free(tmp);
}

/* @} - end of utilityGroup */