Version 2

go the plugin way:

• move localdump_* scripts to ./plugins/db/ subdir
• support for multiple transfer/ restore backend tools

inc_bash.sh

@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
 
 typeset -i rc=0
 
-
+# Fetch returncode of last executed command.
+# It summarizes all exitcodes into rc (= if any job failed it is <> 0)
+# It stores the last exitcode in myrc
 function fetchrc(){
   myrc=$?
   echo rc=$myrc
@@ -21,6 +23,9 @@ function fetchrc(){
   # ------------------------------------------------------------
   # color text
   # ------------------------------------------------------------
+
+  # set a terminal color by a keyword
+  # param  string  keyword to set a color; one of reset | head|cmd|input | ok|warning|error
   function color(){
     sColorcode=""
     case $1 in
@@ -34,6 +39,8 @@ function fetchrc(){
                ;;
       "ok") sColorcode="92" # green
                ;;
+      "warning") sColorcode="33" # yellow
+               ;;
       "error") sColorcode="91" # red
                ;;
     esac
@@ -42,6 +49,12 @@ function fetchrc(){
     fi    
   }
 
+
+  function showPrompt(){
+    color input
+    echo -n "$*"
+    color reset
+  }
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
   # headlines 
   # ----------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -49,7 +62,8 @@ function fetchrc(){
   function h1(){
     color head
     echo
-    echo "====== $* ======"
+    echo
+    echo "########## $* ##########"
     echo
     color reset
   }
@@ -57,7 +71,16 @@ function fetchrc(){
 
   function h2(){
     color head
-    echo "--- $*"
+    echo
+    echo "========== $* =========="
+    echo
+    color reset
+  }
+
+  function h3(){
+    color head
+    echo
+    echo "---------- $*"
     color reset
   }