Script to track daily work items

Work items are logged against a monthly file, so you can quickly see at
a glance what your activities were for the last month

install

@@ -221,6 +221,7 @@ mkfolder ~/bin
 
 # Install scripts
 lnfile scripts/beep ~/bin/
+lnfile scripts/mlog ~/bin/
 lnfile scripts/stardate ~/bin/
 lnfile scripts/settitle ~/bin/
 lnfile scripts/smartwd ~/bin/

scripts/mlog

@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+# Monthly logging script
+# Call mlog and it will update a log file
+
+# Set the default mlog folder
+[[ -z $MLOG_FOLDER ]] && MLOG_FOLDER="$HOME/mlog"
+
+# Make sure that the folder exists
+[[ ! -d $MLOG_FOLDER ]] && mkdir -pv $MLOG_FOLDER
+
+# Make sure that we have a valid TMPDIR
+[[ -z $TMPDIR ]] && TMPDIR='/tmp'
+
+# Make sure that we have a valid EDITOR
+[[ -z $EDITOR ]] && EDITOR=vim
+
+MLOG_HDR=''
+
+if [[ -x $HOME/bin/stardate ]]
+then
+    [[ -z $MLOG_RANK ]] && MLOG_RANK='Chief Engineer'
+
+    MLOG_HDR="$MLOG_RANK's log, Stardate $($HOME/bin/stardate)\n"
+fi
+
+MLOG_HDR="$MLOG_HDR[$(date)]"
+
+MLOG_FILE="$TMPDIR/mlog-tmp-$$"
+
+$EDITOR $MLOG_FILE
+
+[[ ! -s $MLOG_FILE ]] && exit 0
+
+MLOG_LOG="$MLOG_FOLDER/$(date +%Y-%m)"
+
+echo -e "$MLOG_HDR\n" >> $MLOG_LOG
+cat $MLOG_FILE >> $MLOG_LOG
+echo -e "\n----------------------------------------\n" >> $MLOG_LOG
+