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config/config.go

@@ -13,21 +13,26 @@ var (
 	vconfig *viper.Viper
 )
 
+// Configuration struct holding the settings and config items of devices and backups
 type Configuration struct {
 	Settings Settings `mapstructure:"settings"`
 	Devices  Devices  `mapstructure:"devices"`
 	Backups  Backups  `mapstructure:"backups"`
 }
 
+// Settings struct holds the global configuration items
 type Settings struct {
 	SystemMountPoint string `mapstructure:"systemMountPoint"`
 	UserMountPoint   string `mapstructure:"userMountPoint"`
 }
 
+// Devices is nothing else than a name to Device type mapping
 type Devices map[string]core.Device
 
+// Backups is nothing else than a name to Backup type mapping
 type Backups map[string]core.Backup
 
+// CreateViper creates a viper instance for usage later
 func CreateViper() *viper.Viper {
 	vconfig := viper.New()
 	vconfig.SetConfigName("backive")
@@ -38,6 +43,7 @@ func CreateViper() *viper.Viper {
 	return vconfig
 }
 
+// Load loads the configuration from the disk
 func Load() *Configuration {
 	vconfig := CreateViper()
 	if err := vconfig.ReadInConfig(); err != nil {
@@ -64,10 +70,12 @@ func Load() *Configuration {
 	return cfg
 }
 
+// Init Initializes the configuration
 func Init() {
 	config = Load()
 }
 
+// Get returns the Configuration global variable
 func Get() *Configuration {
 	return config
 }

core/device.go

@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@ type Device struct {
 	OwnerUser string `mapstructure:"owner,omitempty"`
 }
 
+// Mount will mount a device
 func (d Device) Mount() {
 }
 
+// Unmount will unmount a device
 func (d Device) Unmount() {
 }

db/db.go

@@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ import (
 	"os"
 )
 
+// Database is a simple string to string mapping, where arbitrary strings can be stored and safed to disk or loaded
 var Database map[string]string
 var path string = "/var/lib/backive/data.json"
 
+// Save saves the database
 func Save() {
 	jsonstr, merr := json.Marshal(Database)
 	if merr != nil {
@@ -20,10 +22,11 @@ func Save() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Load loads the database
 func Load() {
 	data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
 	if err != nil {
 		panic(err)
 	}
-	json.Unmarshal(data, Database)
+	json.Unmarshal(data, &Database)
 }

scheduler/scheduler.go

@@ -8,10 +8,12 @@ import (
 	"github.com/qwc/backive/db"
 )
 
+// Runs contains the Data for the scheduler: mapping from backups to a list of timestamps of the last 10 backups
 type Runs map[string][]time.Time
 
 var runs Runs
 
+// Load loads the data from the json database
 func Load() {
 	runerr := json.Unmarshal([]byte(db.Database["runs"]), &runs)
 	if runerr != nil {
@@ -19,6 +21,7 @@ func Load() {
 	}
 }
 
+// Save saves the data into the json database
 func Save() {
 	str, err := json.Marshal(runs)
 	if err != nil {
@@ -28,9 +31,10 @@ func Save() {
 	db.Database["runs"] = string(str)
 }
 
+// ShouldRun Takes a backup key and returns a bool if a backup should run now.
 func ShouldRun(backup string) bool {
-	freq := config.Get().Backups[backup].Frequency
+	backupdata := config.Get().Backups[backup]
-
+	freq := backupdata.Frequency
 	// calculate time difference from last run, return true if no run has taken place
 	if freq > 0 {
 		return true