Improve script robustness and portability for logging, terminal execution, and uninstallation workflows.

scripts/backtunnel-open-term

@@ -7,8 +7,28 @@ LOG_DIR="${XDG_STATE_HOME:-$HOME/.local/state}/backtunnel"
 [[ -d "$LOG_DIR" ]] || mkdir -p "$LOG_DIR"
 LOG_FILE="${LOG_DIR}/servicemenu.$(date +%Y%m%d-%H%M%S).log"
 
-# Simple rotation: keep the last 10 files
-ls -1t "$LOG_DIR"/servicemenu.*.log 2>/dev/null | awk 'NR>10{print}' | xargs -r rm -f
+# Simple rotation: keep the last 10 files (portable, avoids SC2207 and xargs -r)
+shopt -s nullglob
+logs=( "$LOG_DIR"/servicemenu.*.log )
+if (( ${#logs[@]} > 10 )); then
+  pairs=()
+  for f in "${logs[@]}"; do
+    # Try GNU stat, then BSD stat; fall back to 0 if neither works
+    if mtime=$(stat -c %Y -- "$f" 2>/dev/null); then
+      :
+    elif mtime=$(stat -f %m -- "$f" 2>/dev/null); then
+      :
+    else
+      mtime=0
+    fi
+    pairs+=( "$mtime"$'\t'"$f" )
+  done
+  IFS=$'\n' read -r -d '' -a sorted < <(printf '%s\n' "${pairs[@]}" | sort -rn -k1,1 | cut -f2-; printf '\0')
+  for (( i=10; i<${#sorted[@]}; i++ )); do
+    rm -f -- "${sorted[i]}"
+  done
+fi
+shopt -u nullglob
 
 cmd=( "$@" )
 {
@@ -34,13 +54,24 @@ cmd=( "$@" )
   term="$(detect_term)"
   echo "Chosen terminal: ${term:-<none>}"; echo
 
+  # Prebuild a shell-escaped command for bash -lc cases (preserves args)
+  shell_cmd=""
+  if (( ${#cmd[@]} )); then
+    printf -v shell_cmd '%q' "${cmd[0]}"
+    if (( ${#cmd[@]} > 1 )); then
+      for a in "${cmd[@]:1}"; do
+        printf -v shell_cmd '%s %q' "$shell_cmd" "$a"
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+
   # Run command in terminal (use hold/noclose if supported)
   case "$term" in
     konsole)         exec konsole --noclose -e "${cmd[@]}" ;;
     kitty)           exec kitty -e "${cmd[@]}" ;;
     alacritty)       exec alacritty -e "${cmd[@]}" ;;
-    gnome-terminal)  exec gnome-terminal -- bash -lc "exec \"${cmd[0]}\" ${cmd[@]:1}" ;;
-    kgx)             exec kgx -- bash -lc "exec \"${cmd[0]}\" ${cmd[@]:1}" ;;  # GNOME Console
+    gnome-terminal)  exec gnome-terminal -- bash -lc "exec $shell_cmd" ;;
+    kgx)             exec kgx -- bash -lc "exec $shell_cmd" ;;  # GNOME Console
     tilix)           exec tilix -e "${cmd[@]}" ;;
     xfce4-terminal)  exec xfce4-terminal -e "${cmd[@]}" ;;
     xterm)           exec xterm -hold -e "${cmd[@]}" ;;

scripts/uninstall.sh

@@ -16,6 +16,22 @@ SHARE_DIR="$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share/backtunnel"
 ETC_DIR="$DESTDIR/etc/backtunnel"
 
 say() { printf '[BackTunnel] %s\n' "$*"; }
+say_warn() { printf '[BackTunnel] WARN: %s\n' "$*" >&2; }
+
+# Portable directory prune: remove dir if empty, then move up until stop boundary
+prune_dir() {
+  local dir="${1%/}"
+  local stop="${2%/}"
+  while [[ -n "$dir" && "$dir" != "/" && "$dir" != "$stop" ]]; do
+    rmdir "$dir" 2>/dev/null || break
+    dir="$(dirname "$dir")"
+  done
+}
+
+# Friendly notice if uninstalling the live system without root
+if [[ -z "$DESTDIR" && ${EUID:-$(id -u)} -ne 0 ]]; then
+  say_warn "Running without root; some files may not be removed due to permissions."
+fi
 
 say "Uninstalling from PREFIX=${PREFIX} DESTDIR=${DESTDIR} (PURGE=${PURGE})"
 
@@ -27,6 +43,8 @@ rm -f "$BINDIR/backtunnel-share" \
       "$BINDIR/backtunnel-open-term" \
       "$BINDIR/backtunnel-share-tui" \
       "$BINDIR/backtunnel-access-tui"
+# Optionally remove helper that may be present on some installs
+rm -f "$BINDIR/backtunnel-init"
 
 # --- Man page ---
 rm -f "$MANDIR/backtunnel.1"
@@ -42,28 +60,32 @@ rm -f "$KIO_SM/backtunnel_share.desktop" \
       "$KSVC5/backtunnel_access.desktop"
 
 # --- Optional desktop launcher ---
-rm -f "$APPDIR/backtunnel.desktop" || true
+rm -f "$APPDIR/backtunnel.desktop"
 
 # --- Shared defaults (only if PURGE=1) ---
 if [[ "$PURGE" = "1" ]]; then
   say "Purging shared defaults under $SHARE_DIR and $ETC_DIR"
   rm -f "$SHARE_DIR/profiles.ini" 2>/dev/null || true
   rm -f "$ETC_DIR/profiles.ini"   2>/dev/null || true
-  # Remove directories if empty (and prune empty parents)
-  rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$SHARE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
-  rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$ETC_DIR"   2>/dev/null || true
+  # Remove directories if empty (and prune empty parents up to safe boundaries)
+  prune_dir "$SHARE_DIR" "$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share"
+  prune_dir "$ETC_DIR"   "$DESTDIR/etc"
 else
   # Optionally clean up empty share dir if package manager removed files already
-  rmdir -p --ignore-fail-on-non-empty "$SHARE_DIR" 2>/dev/null || true
+  prune_dir "$SHARE_DIR" "$DESTDIR$PREFIX/share"
   say "Keeping shared defaults: $SHARE_DIR/ and $ETC_DIR/ (set PURGE=1 to remove)"
 fi
 
-# --- Refresh desktop/KDE cache (best-effort) ---
-command -v update-desktop-database >/dev/null 2>&1 && update-desktop-database -q || true
-if command -v kbuildsycoca6 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  kbuildsycoca6 --noincremental >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
-elif command -v kbuildsycoca5 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  kbuildsycoca5 --noincremental >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+# --- Refresh desktop/KDE cache (best-effort, skip during packaging) ---
+if [[ -z "$DESTDIR" ]]; then
+  if command -v update-desktop-database >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    update-desktop-database -q || true
+  fi
+  if command -v kbuildsycoca6 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    kbuildsycoca6 --noincremental >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  elif command -v kbuildsycoca5 >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    kbuildsycoca5 --noincremental >/dev/null 2>&1 || true
+  fi
 fi
 
 say "Uninstall complete."