mkinitcpio: add -d option

The -d (--generatedir) option writes the root of the generated image
directly to the specified directory.

Useful for generating a shutdown-ramfs with mkinitcpio -d /run/initramfs/.

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mkinitcpio b/mkinitcpio
index 7ce6c5c..30cff6a 100755
--- a/mkinitcpio
+++ b/mkinitcpio
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ _d_presets=mkinitcpio.d
 
 # options and runtime data
 _optmoduleroot= _optkver= _optgenimg=
-_optcompress=
+_optcompress= _opttargetdir=
 _optshowautomods=0 _optsavetree=0 _optshowmods=0
 _optquiet=1 _optcolor=1
 _optskiphooks=() _optaddhooks=() _hooks=()  _optpreset=()
@@ -53,6 +53,7 @@ usage: ${0##*/} [options]
    -r, --moduleroot <dir>       Root directory for modules (default: /)
    -S, --skiphooks <hooks>      Skip specified hooks, comma-separated, during build
    -s, --save                   Save build directory. (default: no)
+   -d, --generatedir <dir>      Write generated image into <dir>
    -t, --builddir <dir>         Use DIR as the temporary build directory
    -V, --version                Display version information and exit
    -v, --verbose                Verbose output (default: no)
@@ -298,10 +299,10 @@ process_preset() (
 trap 'cleanup 130' INT
 trap 'cleanup 143' TERM
 
-_opt_short='A:c:g:H:hk:nLMPp:r:S:st:Vvz:'
+_opt_short='A:c:g:H:hk:nLMPp:r:S:sd:t:Vvz:'
 _opt_long=('add:' 'addhooks:' 'config:' 'generate:' 'hookhelp:' 'help'
           'kernel:' 'listhooks' 'automods' 'moduleroot:' 'nocolor' 'allpresets'
-          'preset:' 'skiphooks:' 'save' 'builddir:' 'version' 'verbose' 'compress:')
+          'preset:' 'skiphooks:' 'save' 'generatedir:' 'builddir:' 'version' 'verbose' 'compress:')
 
 parseopts "$_opt_short" "${_opt_long[@]}" -- "$@" || exit 1
 set -- "${OPTRET[@]}"
@@ -327,6 +328,10 @@ while :; do
         -s|--save)
             _optsavetree=1
             ;;
+        -d|--generatedir)
+            shift
+            _opttargetdir=$1
+            ;;
         -g|--generate)
             shift
             [[ -d $1 ]] && die "Invalid image path -- must not be a directory"
@@ -414,8 +419,8 @@ KERNELVERSION=$(resolve_kernver "$_optkver") || cleanup 1
 _d_kmoduledir=$_optmoduleroot/lib/modules/$KERNELVERSION
 [[ -d $_d_kmoduledir ]] || die "'$_d_kmoduledir' is not a valid kernel module directory"
 
-_d_workdir=$(initialize_buildroot "$KERNELVERSION") || cleanup 1
-BUILDROOT=$_d_workdir/root
+_d_workdir=$(initialize_buildroot "$KERNELVERSION" $_opttargetdir) || cleanup 1
+BUILDROOT=${_opttargetdir:-$_d_workdir/root}
 
 . "$_f_config" || die "Failed to read configuration \`%s'" "$_f_config"