loadserver

# usage: load_server server_name [user_name]
#
# loads a server with everything from ~/unix.skel/ into the home directory of user_name
# user_name defaults to the current running user if not provided

function load_server
{
	verbose=0
	if [[ "$1" == "-v" ]] ; then
		verbose=1
		shift
	fi
	server=$1
	user=$2
	test -z "$server" && { echo "Usage: load_server server [user]"; return 1; }
	if [ -z "$user" ] ; then
		user=$(whoami)
		test -z "$user" && user=$(who am i | awk '{ print $1 }')
	fi
	if [ -z "$user" ] ; then
		echo "Username not provided, could not be guessed (something funky with your who/whoami commands dude.."
		return 1
	fi
	[[ "$verbose" == 1 ]] && echo "running load_user $server $user"
	[[ "$verbose" == 1 ]] && echo "+ rsync -e ssh -avz ~/unix.skel/ ${user}@${server}:~${user}/"
	rsync -e ssh -avz ~/unix.skel/ ${user}@${server}:~${user}/
}