storazzo 0.4.9 → 0.5.0

data/lib/storazzo/ric_disk.rb

@@ -4,54 +4,52 @@
 require 'digest'
 
 module Storazzo
-  class Storazzo::RicDisk 
-
+  class Storazzo::RicDisk
     include Hashify
-    include Storazzo::Common 
-    extend Storazzo::Common 
+    include Storazzo::Common
+    extend Storazzo::Common
     extend Storazzo::Colors
     require 'socket'
 
- 
-      ## Instance variables
+    ## Instance variables
 
     # in order of finding, so the first will be the one we actually READ and use. I could looknat the date but cmon...
     # These are the files I do accept.
-    ConfigFiles = %W{ ricdisk.yaml .ricdisk storazzo.yaml } 
-    DefaultConfigFile = "storazzo.yaml" # .ricdisk } 
+    ConfigFiles = %W{ricdisk.yaml .ricdisk storazzo.yaml}
+    DefaultConfigFile = "storazzo.yaml" # .ricdisk }
     RicdiskVersion = '2.1'
     RicdiskHistory = [
       '2022-07-29 2.1 Added timestamp',
       '2022-07-28 2.0 Added tags, siz, unique_hash, computation_hostname, wr, ...',
-  ]
+    ]
     DefaultGemfileTestDiskFolder = Storazzo.root + "/var/test/disks/" # was: @@default_gemfile_test_disks_folder
     # Immutable
-    DefaultMediaFolders = %w{ 
-       /Volumes/ 
-       /mnt/ 
-     }.append(DefaultGemfileTestDiskFolder ).append("/media/#{ENV["USER"]}/" )
-
-     #     # todo substitute with protobuf..
-    attr_accessor :name, :description, :ricdisk_file, :ricdisk_file_full, :local_mountpoint, :wr, :path, 
-                  :ricdisk_file_empty, :size, :active_dirs, :ricdisk_version, 
+    DefaultMediaFolders = %w{
+      /Volumes/
+      /mnt/
+    }.append(DefaultGemfileTestDiskFolder).append("/media/#{ENV["USER"]}/")
+
+    #     # todo substitute with protobuf..
+    attr_accessor :name, :description, :ricdisk_file, :ricdisk_file_full, :local_mountpoint, :wr, :path,
+                  :ricdisk_file_empty, :size, :active_dirs, :ricdisk_version,
                   :unique_hash # new 202207
 
+    ################################
+    ## INSTANCE methods
+    ################################
 
-  ################################
-  ## INSTANCE methods
-  ################################
-
-    def initialize_old_way(path, opts={})
+    def initialize_old_way(path, opts = {})
       raise "Now I dont want a string in input, I want an OBJECT <  Storazzo::Media::AbstractRicDisk"
     end
 
-
-    def initialize(ric_disk_object, opts={})
-      verbose = opts.fetch :verbose, true 
-      pverbose verbose, "This needs an object of type Storazzo::Media::AbstractRicDisk now (this case: #{ric_disk_object.class})"
+    def initialize(ric_disk_object, opts = {})
+      verbose = opts.fetch :verbose, true
+      pverbose verbose,
+               "This needs an object of type Storazzo::Media::AbstractRicDisk now (this case: #{ric_disk_object.class})"
       raise "Woopsie, not a Storazzo::Media::AbstractRicDisk! Intead its a #{ric_disk_object.class}" unless ric_disk_object.class.superclass == Storazzo::Media::AbstractRicDisk
+
       # ok back to business, now path is a String :)
-      path =  ric_disk_object.path
+      path = ric_disk_object.path
       deb "RicDisk initialize.. path=#{path}"
       deb "RicDisk initialize.. path=#{path}"
       @local_mountpoint = File.expand_path(path)
@@ -62,16 +60,16 @@ module Storazzo
       @ricdisk_file_full = "#{@local_mountpoint}/#{@ricdisk_file}"
       @label = path.split("/").last
       @name = path.split("/").last
-      #@wr = File.writable?("#{path}/#{ricdisk_file}" ) # .writeable?
-      #@wr = writeable?
+      # @wr = File.writable?("#{path}/#{ricdisk_file}" ) # .writeable?
+      # @wr = writeable?
       @tags = ['ricdisk', 'storazzo']
-      @size = RicDisk._compute_size_could_take_long(path) 
+      @size = RicDisk._compute_size_could_take_long(path)
       @unique_hash = "MD5::" + Digest::MD5.hexdigest(File.expand_path(path)) #   hash = Digest::MD5.hexdigest(File.expand_path(get_local_mountpoint))
       @computation_hostname = Socket.gethostname
       @created_at = Time.now
 
       @ricdisk_file_empty = ricdisk_file_empty?
-      
+
       # @config = RicDiskConfig.instance.get_config
       # #puts @config if @config
       # find_info_from_mount(path)
@@ -89,7 +87,6 @@ module Storazzo
       not ricdisk_file.nil?
     end
 
-
     def analyze_local_system()
       puts "TODO This should analyzze the WHOLE system. TODO(ricc): move to another object which has to do with the system/computer."
       puts "1. Interesting Mounts: #{green interesting_mount_points}"
@@ -98,45 +95,47 @@ module Storazzo
       # find_info_from_df()
     end
 
-    def path 
+    def path
       local_mountpoint
     end
 
-    def to_s 
+    def to_s
       "RicDisk(paz=#{path}, r/w=#{writeable?}, size=#{size}B, f=#{ricdisk_file}, v#{ricdisk_version}, ard=#{@ard})"
     end
 
     # could take long..
-    # def size 
+    # def size
     #   `du -s '#{path}'`.split(/\s/)[0]
     # end
-    def self._compute_size_could_take_long(my_path) 
+    def self._compute_size_could_take_long(my_path)
       deb "Could take long. TODO(ricc): add some sort of cutoff/timeout to 5 seconds."
       puts azure('could take long. Please take precautions like forking with timeout of 5sec')
       `du -s '#{my_path}' 2>/dev/null`.chomp.split(/\s/)[0] # self.size
     end
 
-    def writeable?() 
-      #memoize
-      return @wr unless @wr.nil? 
+    def writeable?()
+      # memoize
+      return @wr unless @wr.nil?
+
       # NOW: CALCULATE it
       # Now I can do ONCE an EXPENSIVE calculation
       puts yellow("[RicDisk.writeable] TODO(ricc): Do expensive calculation if this FS is writeable: #{path} and write/memoize it on @wr once and for all")
       puts yellow("[RicDisk.writeable]             I have a feeling this should be delegated to praecipuus Storazzo::Media::Object we refer to (WR is different on GCS vs Local):") # infinite loop dammit #{self.to_verbose_s}")
-      puts("Dir: #{ azure path}")
+      puts("Dir: #{azure path}")
       puts("absolute_path: #{azure absolute_path}")
       puts("File.writable?(absolute_path): #{azure File.writable?(absolute_path)}")
       bash_output = `if [ -w "#{absolute_path}" ]; then echo "WRITABLE"; else echo "NOT WRITABLE"; fi`
       puts("bash_output: #{azure bash_output}")
-      #@wr = File.writable?(File.expand_path(@ricdisk_file)) # rescue false
+      # @wr = File.writable?(File.expand_path(@ricdisk_file)) # rescue false
       raise "for some reason an important info (ricdisk_file='#{absolute_path}') is missing!" if ricdisk_file.nil?
+
       @wr = File.writable?(absolute_path) # rescue false
       return @wr
-      #:boh_todo_fix_me_and_compute
-      #false
+      # :boh_todo_fix_me_and_compute
+      # false
     end
 
-    def to_verbose_s 
+    def to_verbose_s
       h = {}
       h[:to_s] = self.to_s
       h[:wr] = self.wr
@@ -146,60 +145,58 @@ module Storazzo
       return h
     end
 
-  ################################
-  ## CLASS methods
-  ################################
-
+    ################################
+    ## CLASS methods
+    ################################
 
     # All places where to find for something :)
     def self.default_media_folders
       DefaultMediaFolders # was DEFAULT_MEDIA_FOLDERS
     end
 
-
     def self.test # _localgem_disks
-      d = RicDisk.new( DefaultGemfileTestDiskFolder)
+      d = RicDisk.new(DefaultGemfileTestDiskFolder)
       puts (d)
       puts "do something with it: #{d}"
-      #d.find_active_dirs()
+      # d.find_active_dirs()
     end
 
     def absolute_path
-      #@local_mountpoint + "/" +  @ricdisk_file
+      # @local_mountpoint + "/" +  @ricdisk_file
       "#{local_mountpoint}/#{ricdisk_file}"
     end
-  
-    def self.find_active_dirs(base_dirs=nil, also_mountpoints=true)
+
+    def self.find_active_dirs(base_dirs = nil, also_mountpoints = true)
       if base_dirs.nil?
-        base_dirs = default_media_folders 
+        base_dirs = default_media_folders
         puts "find_active_dirs with empty input -> using default_media_folders: #{yellow default_media_folders}"
       end
       active_dirs = []
-      base_dirs.each do |ugly_dir| 
+      base_dirs.each do |ugly_dir|
         # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1899072/getting-a-list-of-folders-in-a-directory#:~:text=Dir.chdir(%27/destination_directory%27)%0ADir.glob(%27*%27).select%20%7B%7Cf%7C%20File.directory%3F%20f%7D
         dir = File.expand_path(ugly_dir)
         begin
-          x=[]
-  #        puts "TEST2 DIR EXISTS: #{dir} -> #{Dir.exists?(dir)}"
+          x = []
+          #        puts "TEST2 DIR EXISTS: #{dir} -> #{Dir.exists?(dir)}"
           unless Dir.exists?(dir)
             deb "Dir doesnt exist, skipping: #{dir}"
-            next 
+            next
           end
           Dir.chdir(dir)
-          x = Dir.glob('*').select {|f| File.directory? f}
-          subdirs = x.map{|subdir|   "#{dir}#{subdir}"}
-          subdirs.each{|subdir| 
+          x = Dir.glob('*').select { |f| File.directory? f }
+          subdirs = x.map { |subdir| "#{dir}#{subdir}" }
+          subdirs.each { |subdir|
             deb "Subdir: #{subdir}"
             puts `ls -al "#{subdir}"` # TODO refactor in exec
             active_dirs << subdir if ok_dir? # self.ok_dir?(subdir)
           }
-          #puts(white x)
+          # puts(white x)
         rescue Exception => e # optionally: `rescue Exception => ex`
           puts "Exception: '#{e}'"
         ensure # will always get executed
-          #deb 'Always gets executed.'
-          #x = []
-        end 
+          # deb 'Always gets executed.'
+          # x = []
+        end
       end
     end
 
@@ -210,16 +207,15 @@ module Storazzo
       end
       deb "[compute_ricdisk_file] RICC_WARNING This requires cmputation I wanna do it almost once"
       ConfigFiles.each do |papable_config_filename|
-        #return ".ricdisk.yaml" if File.exist?("#{path}/.ricdisk.yaml") #and File.empty?( "#{path}/.ricdisk.yaml")
-        #return ".ricdisk" if File.exist?("#{path}/.ricdisk") # and File.empty?( "#{path}/.ricdisk")
+        # return ".ricdisk.yaml" if File.exist?("#{path}/.ricdisk.yaml") #and File.empty?( "#{path}/.ricdisk.yaml")
+        # return ".ricdisk" if File.exist?("#{path}/.ricdisk") # and File.empty?( "#{path}/.ricdisk")
         return papable_config_filename if File.exist?("#{path}/#{papable_config_filename}") # and File.empty?( "#{path}/.ricdisk")
       end
       deb "File not found! Neither #{ConfigFiles} exist.."
-#      return nil
+      #      return nil
       return DefaultConfigFile
     end
 
-
     # def self.compute_ricdisk_file_by_path_once(path)
     #   # unless @ricdisk_file.nil?
     #   #   deb "[CACHE HIT] ricdisk_file (didnt have to recompute it - yay!)"
@@ -234,7 +230,6 @@ module Storazzo
     #   return nil
     # end
 
-    
     # # new
     # def self.get_ricdisk_file_obsolete(path)
     #   if @ricdisk_file
@@ -250,9 +245,8 @@ module Storazzo
     #   return nil
     # end
 
-  
-    def self.interesting_mount_points(opts={})
-      #https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/177014/showing-only-interesting-mount-points-filtering-non-interesting-types
+    def self.interesting_mount_points(opts = {})
+      # https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/177014/showing-only-interesting-mount-points-filtering-non-interesting-types
       `mount | grep -Ev 'type (proc|sysfs|tmpfs|devpts|debugfs|rpc_pipefs|nfsd|securityfs|fusectl|devtmpfs) '`.split(/\n+/)
     end
 
@@ -262,23 +256,23 @@ module Storazzo
       deb("[obsolescence_seconds] File #{file_path}: #{creation_time} - #{(Time.now - creation_time)} seconds ago")
       (Time.now - creation_time).to_i
     end
+
     # maybe move to a RiccFile class? Maybe even INHERIT from FILE?
     def obsolescence_days(file_path)
       return obsolescence_seconds(file_path) / 86400
     end
 
-
     # FORMER SBRODOLA, now write_config_yaml_to_disk
-    #def self.write_config_yaml_to_disk(subdir, opts={}) # sbrodola_ricdisk(subdir)
-    def write_config_yaml_to_disk(subdir, opts={}) # sbrodola_ricdisk(subdir)
+    # def self.write_config_yaml_to_disk(subdir, opts={}) # sbrodola_ricdisk(subdir)
+    def write_config_yaml_to_disk(subdir, opts = {}) # sbrodola_ricdisk(subdir)
       # given a path, if .ricdisk exists i do stuff with it..
       disk_info = nil
       unless ok_dir? # self.ok_dir?(subdir)
         warn("[write_config_yaml_to_disk] Nothing for me here: '#{subdir}'. Existing")
-        return 
+        return
       end
       ConfigFiles.each do |papable_configfile_name|
-        if File.exists?( "#{subdir}/#{papable_configfile_name}") and File.empty?( "#{subdir}/#{papable_configfile_name}")
+        if File.exists?("#{subdir}/#{papable_configfile_name}") and File.empty?("#{subdir}/#{papable_configfile_name}")
           deb("Interesting. Empty file '#{papable_configfile_name}'! Now I write YAML with it.")
           disk_info = RicDisk.new(subdir, papable_configfile_name)
         end
@@ -314,8 +308,8 @@ module Storazzo
         puts "[write_config_yaml_to_disk] No DiskInfo found across #{ConfigFiles}. I leave this function empty-handed."
       end
 
-      #disk_info.absolute_path
-      #if File.exists?( "#{subdir}/.ricdisk") and ! File.empty?( "#{subdir}/.ricdisk")
+      # disk_info.absolute_path
+      # if File.exists?( "#{subdir}/.ricdisk") and ! File.empty?( "#{subdir}/.ricdisk")
       # if File.exists?(disk_info.absolute_path) and ! File.empty?(disk_info.absolute_path)
       #   puts("Config File found with old-style name: '#{subdir}/.ricdisk' ! Please move it to .ricdisk.yaml!")
       #   puts(white `cat "#{disk_info.absolute_path}"`)
@@ -327,42 +321,45 @@ module Storazzo
 
     # TODO obsolete this as i should NOT be calling it from clas, but from method.
     def self.ok_dir?(subdir)
-      File.exists?( "#{subdir}/.ricdisk") or File.exists?( "#{subdir}/.ricdisk.yaml")
+      File.exists?("#{subdir}/.ricdisk") or File.exists?("#{subdir}/.ricdisk.yaml")
     end
 
-    def compute_stats_files(opts={})
-      #Storazzo::RicDisk.calculate_stats_files(path, opts)
+    def compute_stats_files(opts = {})
+      # Storazzo::RicDisk.calculate_stats_files(path, opts)
       opts_upload_to_gcs = opts.fetch :upload_to_gcs, false
       opts_force_rewrite = opts.fetch :force, false
       opts_stats_file    = opts.fetch :stats_file, "ricdisk_stats_v11.rds" # default. TODO point to proper..
       dir = path
       puts azure("[compute_stats_files] TODO implement natively. Now I'm being lazy. stats_file=#{opts_stats_file} dir=#{dir}")
-      
+
       full_file_path = "#{dir}/#{opts_stats_file}"
       deb "This refactor is for another day. Actually no, TODAY "
-      pverbose true, "TODO(ricc): you should compute more SMARTLY the full_file_path (#{full_file_path}): if its R/O it should be elsewhere.."
+      pverbose true,
+               "TODO(ricc): you should compute more SMARTLY the full_file_path (#{full_file_path}): if its R/O it should be elsewhere.."
       puts azure("- full_file_path: #{full_file_path}")
       puts azure("- writeable?: #{writeable?}")
-  
+
       puts("compute_stats_files(#{white dir}): #{white full_file_path}")
       deb "TEST1 DIR EXISTS: #{dir} -> #{File.directory? dir}"
       raise "Directory doesnt exist: #{dir}" unless File.directory?(dir)
+
       Dir.chdir(dir)
       puts azure `ls` # im curious
       if File.exists?(full_file_path)
         if opts_force_rewrite
-          #raise "TODO implement file exists and FORCE enabled"
+          # raise "TODO implement file exists and FORCE enabled"
           RicDisk.compute_stats_for_dir_into_file(dir, full_file_path, "ReWrite enabled")
         else # File.exists?(full_file_path) and (opts_force)
           puts "File '#{opts_stats_file}' exists already." #  - now should see if its too old, like more than 1 week old"
           # TODO check for file time...
-          print "Lines found: #{yellow `wc -l "#{full_file_path}" `.chomp }. File obsolescence (days): #{yellow obsolescence_days(full_file_path)}."
-          if obsolescence_days(full_file_path) > 7 
-            #puts yellow("*** ACHTUNG *** FIle is pretty old. You might consider rotating: #{yellow "mv #{full_file_path} #{full_file_path}_old"}. Or invoke with --force")
+          print "Lines found: #{yellow `wc -l "#{full_file_path}" `.chomp}. File obsolescence (days): #{yellow obsolescence_days(full_file_path)}."
+          if obsolescence_days(full_file_path) > 7
+            # puts yellow("*** ACHTUNG *** FIle is pretty old. You might consider rotating: #{yellow "mv #{full_file_path} #{full_file_path}_old"}. Or invoke with --force")
             puts yellow("*** ACHTUNG *** FIle is pretty old. I'll force a rewrite")
-            RicDisk.compute_stats_for_dir_into_file(dir, full_file_path, "File older than 7 days. Indeed: #{obsolescence_days(full_file_path)}")
+            RicDisk.compute_stats_for_dir_into_file(dir, full_file_path,
+                                                    "File older than 7 days. Indeed: #{obsolescence_days(full_file_path)}")
           end
-          upload_to_gcs(full_file_path) if opts_upload_to_gcs          
+          upload_to_gcs(full_file_path) if opts_upload_to_gcs
         end
       else
         deb("File doesnt exist..")
@@ -370,10 +367,10 @@ module Storazzo
       end
     end
 
-    def self.compute_stats_for_dir_into_file(dir, full_file_path, reason, opts={})
+    def self.compute_stats_for_dir_into_file(dir, full_file_path, reason, opts = {})
       max_lines = opts.fetch :max_lines, 42 # todo move to nil or -1
-      #full_file_path = "#{dir}/#{stats_file}"
-      puts "Crunching data stats from '#{dir}' into '#{full_file_path}' ... please bear with me.. [reason: '#{reason}']" 
+      # full_file_path = "#{dir}/#{stats_file}"
+      puts "Crunching data stats from '#{dir}' into '#{full_file_path}' ... please bear with me.. [reason: '#{reason}']"
       if max_lines < 0 # infinite
         command = "find . -print0 | xargs -0 stats-with-md5 --no-color | tee '#{full_file_path}'"
       else
@@ -383,7 +380,7 @@ module Storazzo
         # xargs -r0 myscript.sh
         if mac?
           puts red("Sorry head -z doesnt work on Mac :/ so this head -N will be VERY approximate. Probably you should divide by ten or so :)")
-          spannometric_lines = (max_lines/10) 
+          spannometric_lines = (max_lines / 10)
           command = "find . -print0 | head -n '#{spannometric_lines}' | xargs -r0 stats-with-md5 --no-color | tee '#{full_file_path}'"
         else
           command = "find . -print0 | head -z -n '#{max_lines}' | xargs -r0 stats-with-md5 --no-color | tee '#{full_file_path}'"
@@ -393,79 +390,65 @@ module Storazzo
       ret = backquote_execute(command)
       puts "Done. #{ret.split("\n").count} files processed."
     end
-  
-
 
-    def self.calculate_stats_files_DUPLICATE_STATIC(dir, opts={})
+    def self.calculate_stats_files_DUPLICATE_STATIC(dir, opts = {})
       raise "Please use object instead. If you cant, please move the object code to STATIC and dedupe code!"
-  end
-
-  
-#       if also_mountpoints
-# =begin
-#   Example output from mount:
-
-#   devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk3s6 on /System/Volumes/VM (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk3s2 on /System/Volumes/Preboot (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk3s4 on /System/Volumes/Update (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk1s2 on /System/Volumes/xarts (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk1s1 on /System/Volumes/iSCPreboot (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk1s3 on /System/Volumes/Hardware (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
-#   /dev/disk3s5 on /System/Volumes/Data (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse, protect)
-#   map auto_home on /System/Volumes/Data/home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
-#   //riccardo@1.0.1.10/video on /Volumes/video (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by ricc)
-#   //riccardo@1.0.1.10/photo on /Volumes/photo (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by ricc)
-# =end
-#           # add directories from current mountpoints...
-#           mount_table_lines = interesting_mount_points()
-#           mount_table_lines.each{|line|
-#             next if line =~ /^map /
-#             dev, on, path, mode = line.split(/ /)
-#             #puts line
-#             #deb yellow(path)
-#             active_dirs << path if self.ok_dir?(path)
-#           }
-#         end
-#         active_dirs.uniq!
-#         puts("find_active_dirs(): found dirs " + green(active_dirs))
-#         return active_dirs
-#       end
-    
-
-
-  end #/Class
-end  #/Module
-
-
-  
-
-  
-  
-
-
-  
-    def backquote_execute(cmd, opts={})
-      dryrun = opts.fetch :dryrun, false
-      # executed a command wrapped by dryrun though
-      return "DRYRUN backquote_execute(#{cmd})" if dryrun # $opts[:dryrun]
-      `#{cmd}`
     end
-    
-    def upload_to_gcs(file, opts={})
-      deb("upload_to_gcs(#{file}). TODO(ricc) after breafast upload to GCS : #{file}")
-      mount_name = file.split('/')[-2]
-      filename = "#{mount_name}-#{File.basename file}"
-      hostname = Socket.gethostname[/^[^.]+/]
-      command = "gsutil cp '#{file}' gs://#{$gcs_bucket}/backup/ricdisk-magic/#{ hostname }-#{filename}"
-      deb("Command: #{command}")
-      puts azure("GCS upload disabled until I know if it works :) command='#{command}'")
-      ret = backquote_execute(command, :dryrun => true)
-      # if $opts[:debug] do
-      #   puts "+ Current list of files:"
-      #   ret = backquote_execute("gsutil ls -al gs://#{$gcs_bucket}/backup/ricdisk-magic/")
-      #   puts ret
-      # end
-      ret
-    end
-  
+
+    #       if also_mountpoints
+    # =begin
+    #   Example output from mount:
+
+    #   devfs on /dev (devfs, local, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk3s6 on /System/Volumes/VM (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk3s2 on /System/Volumes/Preboot (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk3s4 on /System/Volumes/Update (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk1s2 on /System/Volumes/xarts (apfs, local, noexec, journaled, noatime, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk1s1 on /System/Volumes/iSCPreboot (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk1s3 on /System/Volumes/Hardware (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse)
+    #   /dev/disk3s5 on /System/Volumes/Data (apfs, local, journaled, nobrowse, protect)
+    #   map auto_home on /System/Volumes/Data/home (autofs, automounted, nobrowse)
+    #   //riccardo@1.0.1.10/video on /Volumes/video (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by ricc)
+    #   //riccardo@1.0.1.10/photo on /Volumes/photo (afpfs, nodev, nosuid, mounted by ricc)
+    # =end
+    #           # add directories from current mountpoints...
+    #           mount_table_lines = interesting_mount_points()
+    #           mount_table_lines.each{|line|
+    #             next if line =~ /^map /
+    #             dev, on, path, mode = line.split(/ /)
+    #             #puts line
+    #             #deb yellow(path)
+    #             active_dirs << path if self.ok_dir?(path)
+    #           }
+    #         end
+    #         active_dirs.uniq!
+    #         puts("find_active_dirs(): found dirs " + green(active_dirs))
+    #         return active_dirs
+    #       end
+  end # /Class
+end # /Module
+
+def backquote_execute(cmd, opts = {})
+  dryrun = opts.fetch :dryrun, false
+  # executed a command wrapped by dryrun though
+  return "DRYRUN backquote_execute(#{cmd})" if dryrun # $opts[:dryrun]
+
+  `#{cmd}`
+end
+
+def upload_to_gcs(file, opts = {})
+  deb("upload_to_gcs(#{file}). TODO(ricc) after breafast upload to GCS : #{file}")
+  mount_name = file.split('/')[-2]
+  filename = "#{mount_name}-#{File.basename file}"
+  hostname = Socket.gethostname[/^[^.]+/]
+  command = "gsutil cp '#{file}' gs://#{$gcs_bucket}/backup/ricdisk-magic/#{hostname}-#{filename}"
+  deb("Command: #{command}")
+  puts azure("GCS upload disabled until I know if it works :) command='#{command}'")
+  ret = backquote_execute(command, :dryrun => true)
+  # if $opts[:debug] do
+  #   puts "+ Current list of files:"
+  #   ret = backquote_execute("gsutil ls -al gs://#{$gcs_bucket}/backup/ricdisk-magic/")
+  #   puts ret
+  # end
+  ret
+end