feat: add backup now button

README.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # NoteWrapper
 
-Note: This project fullfills all my usecases for now, so my main source for features ideas dried out. So if you have good ideas, feel free to open an issue ;)
+Note: This project fullfills all my usecase for now, so my main source for features ideas dried out. So if you have good ideas, feel free to open an issue ;)
 
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flake.lock

@@ -20,11 +20,11 @@
     },
     "nixpkgs": {
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1779560665,
-        "narHash": "sha256-tpyBcxPpcQb8ukyNF7DoCwfSY3VPsxHoYwj00Cayv5o=",
+        "lastModified": 1779508470,
+        "narHash": "sha256-Ap9KJX+5xHIn3bPIpfNgT6MEXdAECECwo4/rmlQD74M=",
         "owner": "NixOS",
         "repo": "nixpkgs",
-        "rev": "64c08a7ca051951c8eae34e3e3cb1e202fe36786",
+        "rev": "29916453413845e54a65b8a1cf996842300cd299",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {
@@ -37,11 +37,11 @@
     "notewrapper": {
       "flake": false,
       "locked": {
-        "lastModified": 1779789213,
-        "narHash": "sha256-N+5RH2qF5VdBmfIdxRhg7DceH7ALAie+kFOR7xL1pDs=",
+        "lastModified": 1779721342,
+        "narHash": "sha256-QbRzgD4HoUUemaVCIZ2VfiW+SUjzFY2rL51CLOxQLvk=",
         "owner": "tomasriveral",
         "repo": "NoteWrapper",
-        "rev": "f7c84136a5ff4a0712b31cbb41ce3e1dd7fde8d3",
+        "rev": "e370f98c5ebc3c037dec4e7e35f26230724b70d3",
         "type": "github"
       },
       "original": {

flake.nix

@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       in {
         packages.default = pkgs.stdenv.mkDerivation (finalAttrs: {
           pname = "notewrapper";
-          version = "v2.1.1";
+          version = "v2.1";
 
           src = notewrapper;
 

src/main.c

@@ -529,9 +529,14 @@ backup_config_end:
                   shouldDebug); // check if editor is supported and if it is installed. If not, it
                                 // will throw an error.
 
+    int *backupMessage = malloc(sizeof(int)); // Used later to set the backuping message.
+    *backupMessage = 0;                       // default don't show the message
+    int forceBackup = 0;
     if (doesBackup) {
-        debug("Handling backup");
-        handleBackups(directoriesArray, numDirectories, backupDirectoriesArray, homedir, interval, (const char **)rsyncArgs, rsyncArgsNumber, shouldDebug);
+        debug("Handling normal backup");
+        forceBackup = 0;
+        handleBackups(directoriesArray, numDirectories, backupDirectoriesArray, homedir, interval, (const char **)rsyncArgs, rsyncArgsNumber, forceBackup, backupMessage, shouldDebug);
+        debug("backupMessage was set to %d by a normal backup", *backupMessage);
     }
 
     initscr(); // initialize ncurses
@@ -572,13 +577,26 @@ backup_config_end:
             }
             altDebug("└ ------------------------------\n");
         }
-
-        // adds "create a new vault" into the vaultsArray
-        const int extraOptions = 3;
+        int extraOptions = 3;
+        if (doesBackup) {
+            extraOptions++; // space for "Backup now" button
+        }
+        if (*backupMessage) {
+            extraOptions++;
+        }
         vaultsArray = realloc(vaultsArray, (vaultsCount + extraOptions) * sizeof(char *)); // resize vaultsArray to fit the extra options
-        vaultsArray[vaultsCount] = "Create a new vault";                                   // some more options that are not vaults
-        vaultsArray[vaultsCount + 1] = "Settings";
-        vaultsArray[vaultsCount + 2] = "Quit (Ctrl+C)";
+        int index = 0;
+        vaultsArray[vaultsCount + index++] = "Create a new vault"; // some more options that are not vaults
+        vaultsArray[vaultsCount + index++] = "Settings";
+        if (doesBackup) {
+            vaultsArray[vaultsCount + index++] = "Backup now";
+        }
+        vaultsArray[vaultsCount + index++] = "Quit (Ctrl+C)";
+        if (*backupMessage) {
+            vaultsArray[vaultsCount + index++] = "A backup was launched. Do not immediatly close the program. After a few seconds, you can safely ignore this message.";
+        };
+
+        *backupMessage = 0; // we reset it to show the message only once
 
         vaultSelected = ncursesSelect(vaultsArray, "Select vault to open (Use arrows or WASD, Enter to select):", vaultsCount, extraOptions, " ", "Or select an option below", "", shouldDebug);
 
@@ -594,7 +612,8 @@ backup_config_end:
         }
 
         debug("Selected vault: %s", vaultSelected);
-        if (strcmp(vaultSelected, "Create a new vault") != 0 && strcmp(vaultSelected, "Settings") != 0 && strcmp(vaultSelected, "Quit (Ctrl+C)") != 0) {
+        if (strcmp(vaultSelected, "Create a new vault") != 0 && strcmp(vaultSelected, "Settings") != 0 && strcmp(vaultSelected, "Quit (Ctrl+C)") != 0 && strcmp(vaultSelected, "Backup now") != 0 &&
+            strcmp(vaultSelected, "A backup was launched. Do not immediatly close the program. After a few seconds, you can safely ignore this message.") != 0) {
         note_selection:
             bypassSelectionVault = 0; // we must reset bypassSelectionVault to not get stuck in a
                                       // infinite loop of bypassing
@@ -731,6 +750,11 @@ backup_config_end:
         } else if (strcmp(vaultSelected, "Settings") == 0) {
             openEditor(configPath, editorToOpen, 0, 0,
                        shouldDebug); // as this is not a md file we set render and jumptoEnfOfFile to 0
+        } else if (strcmp(vaultSelected, "Backup now") == 0) {
+            debug("Running a forced backup");
+            forceBackup = 1;
+            handleBackups(directoriesArray, numDirectories, backupDirectoriesArray, homedir, interval, (const char **)rsyncArgs, rsyncArgsNumber, forceBackup, backupMessage, shouldDebug);
+            debug("backupMessage was set to %d by a normal backup", *backupMessage);
         } else if (strcmp(vaultSelected, "Quit (Ctrl+C)") == 0) {
             debug("The program was exited");
             shouldExit = 1;

src/ui.c

@@ -130,16 +130,16 @@ char *createNewNote(char dirToVault[PATH_MAX], char *vaultFromDir, int bypass, c
             free(fileFullPath);
         } else { // if it is a unified journal
             char *fileFullPath = malloc(PATH_MAX);
-            // we append .md directly to fileName and not only to fileFullPath to avoid passing the wrong fileName later.
-            int lenName = strlen(fileName);
-            if (fileName[lenName - 3] != '.' && fileName[lenName - 2] != 'm' && fileName[lenName - 2] != '1') {
-                strcat(fileName, ".md");
-                debug("We just appended .md to %s", fileName);
-            }
             snprintf(fileFullPath, PATH_MAX, "%s/%s/%s", dirToVault, vaultFromDir, fileName);
-            // we verify if the file doesn't already exist as we might just have changed the fileName and (by extension) the file path.
-            struct stat metadata;
-            error(stat(fileFullPath, &metadata) == 0, "user", "%s already exists", fileFullPath);
+            int len = strlen(fileFullPath);
+            if (fileFullPath[len - 3] != '.' || fileFullPath[len - 2] != 'm' || fileFullPath[len - 1] != 'd') { // there might be a cleaner way to do this
+                error(len > PATH_MAX - 3, "user", "%s is too big (greater than PATH_MAX-3) and we can't append .md", fileFullPath);
+                strncat(fileFullPath, ".md", PATH_MAX);
+                // we checked before if fileName didn't already exist.
+                // we must redo it as we add a .mode
+                struct stat st;
+                error(stat(fileFullPath, &st) == 0, "user", "%s already exists", fileFullPath);
+            }
             FILE *filePointer;
             filePointer = fopen(fileFullPath, "w"); // creates and opens the file
             error(filePointer == NULL, "program", "The %s couldn't be created.", fileFullPath);

src/utils.c

@@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ void initAppFilesAndDirs(const char *home, const int shouldDebug) {
 }
 
 void handleBackups(char **sourceDirectoryArray, const int sourceNumber, char **destinationDirectoryArray, const char *homeDir, const int interval, const char **rsyncArguments, const int rsyncArgumentsNumber,
-                   const int shouldDebug) {
+                   const int forceBackup, int *backupMessage, const int shouldDebug) {
     int shouldBackup = 0;
+
     time_t now = time(NULL);
     debug("Time since epoch is %ld", (long)now);
     char cacheFilePATH[PATH_MAX];
@@ -203,8 +204,12 @@ void handleBackups(char **sourceDirectoryArray, const int sourceNumber, char **d
             error(1, "program", "Invalid timestamp in cache file: %s", line);
         }
         double deltaTime = difftime(now, lastBackupTime);
-        if (deltaTime > interval) {
-            debug("(difftime) %f is greater than (interval) %d -> backuping...", deltaTime, interval);
+        if (deltaTime > interval || forceBackup) {
+            if (!forceBackup) {
+                debug("(difftime) %f is greater than (interval) %d -> backuping...", deltaTime, interval);
+            } else {
+                debug("Backup was forced. backuping...");
+            }
             shouldBackup = 1;
             cacheFile = fopen(cacheFilePATH, "w");
             if (!cacheFile) {
@@ -218,6 +223,7 @@ void handleBackups(char **sourceDirectoryArray, const int sourceNumber, char **d
     }
 
     if (shouldBackup) {
+        *backupMessage = 1;
         debug("A backup is needed");
         for (int i = 0; i < sourceNumber; i++) {
             debug("%s", destinationDirectoryArray[i]);

src/utils.h

@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ If need launches in the background rsync to do the backuping.
 Each pair of source/destination will launch one rsync process.
 If a pair don't need to be backed up, the destination should be set to NULL.
 rsyncArgs is the array of arguments to be passed to rsync. Do not inclue destination or source. It
-will be added in the function.*/
+will be added in the function.
+backupMessage will be set to 1 if a backup was launched.*/
 void handleBackups(char **sourceDirectoryArray, const int sourceDirectoryNumber, char **destinationDirectoryArray, const char *homeDir, const int interval, const char **rsyncArgs, const int rsyncArgsNumber,
-                   const int shouldDebug);
+                   const int forceBackup, int *backupMessage, const int shouldDebug);
 #endif