Add comment discussing why why use the temporary directory

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heyarne 2022-08-09 09:34:52 +02:00
commit 9d6352ce78

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@ -15,13 +15,16 @@ case "$@" in -h|--help) usage && exit 0;; esac
[ -z "$gpx_directory" ] && usage && exit 1
[ -z "$target_database" ] && usage && exit 1
tmp="$(mktemp -d diogenes.XXXXX -p /tmp)/$(basename $target_database)"
# we write to a temporary location to make the replace option atomic (if on the same device)
tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d diogenes.XXXXX -p /tmp)"
tmp="$tmp_dir/$(basename $target_database)"
# recursive scan and import
while IFS= read -d '' -r file; do
spatialite_xml_load -d "$tmp" -x "$file"
done < <(find "$gpx_directory" -name '*.gpx' -print0)
mv $tmp $target_database
mv -f "$tmp" "$target_database"
rm -rf "$tmp_dir"
# TODO: Create virtual joined table