Add param for cfgfile

director-cli.sh

@@ -13,12 +13,11 @@
 #   - use puppet facts
 #   - UniBe network and group names - see hostCreate()
 #
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------------
+# ah = axel.hahn@iml.unibe.ch
+# 2022-02-16  v0.2  ah  add --cfg param
 # ======================================================================
 
-. `dirname $0`/inc_getconfig.sh
-. `dirname $0`/inc_functions.sh
-. `dirname $0`/inc/rest-api-client.sh
-
 tmpfile=/tmp/outcurl.tmp
 tmpfile2=/tmp/outcurl2.tmp
 
@@ -733,6 +732,10 @@ Director actions
 
 Other parameters
 
+  --cfg CONFIGFILE
+    load a costom config file; default: ./inc_getconfig.sh
+    This must be the 1st parameter to be processed.
+
   --debug
     enable debug output.
 
@@ -761,24 +764,33 @@ echo
 echo "##### DIRECTOR HELPER $MY_NAME - $MY_IP"
 echo
 
+if [ "$1" = "--cfg" ] && [ -n "$2" ]; then
+  echo "INFO: loading custom config [$2]..."
+  . "${2}"
+  shift 2
+else
+  . "$( dirname $0 )/inc_getconfig.sh"
+fi
+. `dirname $0`/inc_functions.sh
+. `dirname $0`/inc/rest-api-client.sh
+
+
+if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
+  showHelp
+  exit 0
+fi
+
 cd `dirname $0`
 ls ./`basename $0` >/dev/null || exit 1
 
 _initVars
 
-
 # ensure that ./inc_getconfig.sh was loaded
 if [ -z "${dir_cfg}" ]; then
   echo ERROR: Client is not installed/ configured yet on this machine.
   exit 1
 fi
 
-if [ $# -eq 0 ]; then
-  showHelp
-  exit 0
-fi
-
-
 while [ $# -gt 0 ];
 do
   case "$1" in