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+#!/bin/sh
+# $Id: sync_lang.sh 11213 2008-04-23 17:13:43Z lem9 $
+##
+# Shell script that synchronises all translations in phpMyAdmin
+##
+# Any parameters (except --iconv/--recode) will be passed to grep to filter
+# processed translation, for example: './sync_lang.sh czech' will process only
+# czech translation, './sync_lang.sh -e czech -e english' will process czech
+# and english translations.
+##
+# Written by Michal Cihar <nijel at users.sourceforge.net>
+##
+# Changes:
+# 2005-12-08
+#   * less verbose output to allow quick overview
+# 2005-11-29
+#   * hack for multibyte chars, so that \'; at the end will not fool PHP
+# 2004-09-22
+#   * default to iconv, as it doesn't break things as recode does
+# 2004-09-03
+#   * hack for hebrew
+# 2003-11-18
+#   * switch php3 -> php
+# 2003-04-14
+#   * convert only files that are needed to convert (checks mtime), --force to
+#     avoid this checking
+#   * get charset from filename when reading from file failed
+#   * report failed translations at the end
+# 2002-09-18
+#   * now accepts parameters --iconv/--recode for specifying which convertor
+#     to use
+# 2002-08-13
+#   * support for synchronisation only for selected language(s)
+# 2002-07-18
+#   * can exclude some languages from conversion
+# 2002-07-17
+#   * support for multiple convertors (recode added)
+##
+
+##
+# convertor setup
+##
+# CONVERTOR_PARAMS is used for printf and it also receives two params: source
+# and target charset
+#
+
+case "$1" in
+    --iconv)
+        echo Using iconv on user request
+        CONVERTOR=iconv
+        # the space on following is REQUIRED
+        CONVERTOR_PARAMS=" -f %s -t %s"
+        shift
+        ;;
+    --recode)
+        echo Using recode on user request
+        echo '(please use iconv for arabic)'
+        CONVERTOR=recode
+        CONVERTOR_PARAMS=" -f %s..%s"
+        shift
+        ;;
+    *)
+        echo Using iconv as default, force with --iconv/--recode
+        CONVERTOR=iconv
+        # the space on following is REQUIRED
+        CONVERTOR_PARAMS=" -f %s -t %s"
+        ;;
+esac
+
+if [ "$1" = "--force" ] ; then
+    FORCE=1
+    shift
+else
+    FORCE=0
+fi
+
+
+##
+# names of translations to process
+##
+# Here should be listed all translations for which conversion should be done.
+# The name is filename without inc.php.
+#
+BASE_TRANSLATIONS="afrikaans-iso-8859-1
+albanian-iso-8859-1
+arabic-windows-1256
+azerbaijani-iso-8859-9
+basque-iso-8859-1
+belarusian_cyrillic-windows-1251
+belarusian_latin-utf-8
+bosnian-windows-1250
+brazilian_portuguese-iso-8859-1
+bulgarian-utf-8
+catalan-iso-8859-1
+chinese_traditional-utf-8
+chinese_simplified-gb2312
+croatian-utf-8
+czech-utf-8
+danish-iso-8859-1
+dutch-iso-8859-1
+english-iso-8859-1
+estonian-iso-8859-1
+finnish-iso-8859-1
+french-iso-8859-1
+galician-iso-8859-1
+german-utf-8
+greek-iso-8859-7
+hebrew-iso-8859-8-i
+hungarian-iso-8859-2
+indonesian-iso-8859-1
+italian-utf-8
+japanese-utf-8
+korean-utf-8
+latvian-windows-1257
+lithuanian-windows-1257
+malay-iso-8859-1
+macedonian_cyrillic-windows-1251
+norwegian-iso-8859-1
+persian-windows-1256
+polish-iso-8859-2
+portuguese-iso-8859-1
+romanian-utf-8
+russian-windows-1251
+serbian_cyrillic-utf-8
+serbian_latin-utf-8
+slovenian-iso-8859-2
+slovak-utf-8
+spanish-utf-8
+swedish-iso-8859-1
+tatarish-iso-8859-9
+thai-utf-8
+turkish-utf-8
+ukrainian-windows-1251"
+
+##
+# which translations should not be translated to utf-8
+##
+# List here any translation that should not be converted to utf-8. The name is
+# same as above.
+#
+IGNORE_UTF=""
+
+##
+# which translations should not be automatically generated
+##
+# List here any translation should not be automatically generated from base
+# translation for that language (usually for those which are not correctly
+# supported by convertor).
+#
+IGNORE_TRANSLATIONS="
+russian-cp-866"
+
+##
+# end of configuration, you hopefully won't need to edit anything bellow
+##
+
+TEMPFILE=`mktemp /tmp/pma-sync-lang.XXXXXX`
+
+cleanup() {
+    rm -f $TEMPFILE
+}
+
+trap cleanup INT ABRT TERM
+
+FAILED=""
+
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+# go through all file we should process
+for base in $BASE_TRANSLATIONS ; do
+    if [ "$#" -gt 0 ] ; then
+        if ( echo $base | grep -q "$@" ) ; then
+            true
+        else
+            continue
+        fi
+    fi
+    # grep language from basename
+    lang=$(echo $base|sed 's%-.*%%')
+    # which files will we create from current?
+    create_files=$(ls --color=none -1 $lang*.inc.php|grep -v $base.inc.php)
+
+    for ignore in $IGNORE_TRANSLATIONS ; do
+        create_files=$(echo "$create_files" | grep -v $ignore)
+    done
+
+    # charset of source file
+    src_charset=$(grep '\$charset' $base.inc.php | sed "s%^[^'\"]*['\"]\\([^'\"]*\\)['\"][^'\"]*$%\\1%")
+    replace_charset=$src_charset
+    # special case for hebrew
+    if [ $src_charset = 'iso-8859-8-i' ] ; then
+        src_charset=iso-8859-8
+    fi
+    echo -n "$base [charset $src_charset]"
+
+    # do we already have utf-8 translation?
+    if [ $src_charset = 'utf-8' ] ; then
+        is_utf=yes
+    else
+        is_utf=no
+    fi
+
+    # at first update existing translations
+    for file in $create_files ; do
+        # charset of destination file
+
+        # grepping from file causes problems when it is empty...
+        charset=$(grep '\$charset' $file | sed "s%^[^'\"]*['\"]\\([^'\"]*\\)['\"][^'\"]*$%\\1%")
+        if [ -z "$charset" ] ; then
+            charset=$(echo $file | sed -e 's/^[^-]*-//' -e 's/\.inc\.php\?$//')
+        fi
+
+        if [ $charset = 'utf-8' ] ; then
+            is_utf=yes
+        fi
+
+        # check whether we need to update translation
+        if [ ! "$base.inc.php" -nt "$file" -a "$FORCE" -eq 0 -a -s "$file" ] ; then
+            echo -n " ($file:ok)"
+            continue
+        fi
+
+        echo -n " ($file:to $charset:"
+        if [ $charset = 'utf-8' ] ; then
+            # if we convert to utf-8, we should add allow_recoding
+            is_utf=yes
+            $CONVERTOR $(printf "$CONVERTOR_PARAMS" $src_charset $charset) < $base.inc.php| sed -e "s/$replace_charset/$charset/" -e '/\$charset/a\
+$allow_recoding = TRUE;' > $TEMPFILE
+        elif [ $src_charset = 'utf-8' ] ; then
+            is_utf=yes
+            # if we convert from utf-8, we should remove allow_recoding
+            $CONVERTOR $(printf "$CONVERTOR_PARAMS" $src_charset $charset) < $base.inc.php| grep -v allow_recoding | sed "s/$replace_charset/$charset/" > $TEMPFILE
+        else
+            # just convert
+            $CONVERTOR $(printf "$CONVERTOR_PARAMS" $src_charset $charset) < $base.inc.php| sed "s/$replace_charset/$charset/" > $TEMPFILE
+        fi
+        if [ -s $TEMPFILE ] ; then
+            sed "s/\\\\';[[:space:]]\+$/\\\\\\\\';/" $TEMPFILE > $file
+            echo -n 'done)'
+        else
+            FAILED="$FAILED $file"
+            echo -n 'FAILED)'
+        fi
+    done
+
+    # now check whether we found utf-8 translation
+    if [ $is_utf = no ] ; then
+        if ( echo $IGNORE_UTF | grep -q $base ) ; then
+            # utf-8 should not be created
+            true
+        else
+            # we should create utf-8 translation
+            charset=utf-8
+            file=$lang-$charset.inc.php
+            echo -n " [$file:$charset:"
+            $CONVERTOR $(printf "$CONVERTOR_PARAMS" $src_charset $charset) < $base.inc.php| sed -e "s/$replace_charset/$charset/" -e '/\$charset/a\
+$allow_recoding = TRUE;' > $TEMPFILE
+            if [ -s $TEMPFILE ] ; then
+                cat $TEMPFILE > $file
+                echo -n 'done)'
+            else
+                FAILED="$FAILED $file"
+                echo -n 'FAILED)'
+            fi
+        fi
+    fi
+    echo
+done
+
+echo "-------------------------------------------------------------------"
+
+if [ -z "$FAILED" ] ; then
+    echo "Everything seems to went okay"
+else
+    echo "!!!SOME CONVERSION FAILED!!!"
+    echo "Following file were NOT updated:"
+    echo
+    echo "$FAILED"
+    echo
+    echo "!!!SOME CONVERSION FAILED!!!"
+fi
+
+cleanup