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local.cxx

 #include <iostream>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include <string.h>
+#include <stdio.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <ctime>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <dirent.h>
+#include <unistd.h>
 
 #ifndef PROJECT_FOLDER
 #define PROJECT_FOLDER "undefined"
 #endif
 
+//terminal colors
+#define RESET   "\033[0m"
+#define BLACK   "\033[30m"      /* Black */
+#define RED     "\033[31m"      /* Red */
+#define GREEN   "\033[32m"      /* Green */
+#define YELLOW  "\033[33m"      /* Yellow */
+#define BLUE    "\033[34m"      /* Blue */
+#define MAGENTA "\033[35m"      /* Magenta */
+#define CYAN    "\033[36m"      /* Cyan */
+#define WHITE   "\033[37m"      /* White */
+#define BOLDBLACK   "\033[1m\033[30m"      /* Bold Black */
+#define BOLDRED     "\033[1m\033[31m"      /* Bold Red */
+#define BOLDGREEN   "\033[1m\033[32m"      /* Bold Green */
+#define BOLDYELLOW  "\033[1m\033[33m"      /* Bold Yellow */
+#define BOLDBLUE    "\033[1m\033[34m"      /* Bold Blue */
+#define BOLDMAGENTA "\033[1m\033[35m"      /* Bold Magenta */
+#define BOLDCYAN    "\033[1m\033[36m"      /* Bold Cyan */
+#define BOLDWHITE   "\033[1m\033[37m"      /* Bold White */
 
-void processGit()
+
+using namespace std;
+
+bool DirectoryExists( const char* pzPath )
+{
+    if ( pzPath == NULL) return false;
+
+    DIR *pDir;
+    bool bExists = false;
+
+    pDir = opendir (pzPath);
+
+    if (pDir != NULL)
+    {
+        bExists = true;    
+        (void) closedir (pDir);
+    }
+
+    return bExists;
+}
+
+
+string GetMachineID()
 {
-	system("git checkout");
-	system("git status");
-	std::cout << PROJECT_FOLDER << std::endl;
+	string id;
+	ifstream machineIdFile;
+	machineIdFile.open("/etc/machine-id");
+	if(machineIdFile.good())
+	{
+		getline(machineIdFile, id);
+		cout << BOLDGREEN << "This machine ID is: " << RESET << GREEN << id << RESET << endl;
+
+	}
+	else
+	{
+		id = "NULL";
+		cout << BOLDYELLOW << "Machine ID was not identified, " << RESET << YELLOW << "value \"NULL\" will be used instead" << RESET<< endl;
+
+	}
+	return id;
+}
+
+void ShowError(string cmd)
+{
+  std::cout << BOLDRED << " --- ERROR: " << RESET << RED << "Command \"" << cmd << "\" returned bad value"  << RESET << std::endl;
+  std::cout << BOLDRED << "Backing data to git failed" << RESET << endl;
+
+  std::cout << BOLDYELLOW << "Error details are in gitlog.txt:" << RESET << std::endl;
+  system("cat gitlog.txt");
+}
+
+
+void processGit(string filename)
+{
+	//get time for backed-up file name
+	time_t curr_time;
+	tm * curr_tm;
+	time(&curr_time);
+	curr_tm = localtime(&curr_time);
+	char nf[100];
+	strftime(nf, 100, "caenSC_%e-%m-%Y_%Hh%Mm%Ss", curr_tm);
+	string newfile = nf;
+	newfile += "__" + GetMachineID() + ".json";
+	//we must pull the submodule first to ensure all is up to date
+	if (system("git -C ./caenslowcontrol_json pull > gitlog.txt") != 0)
+	{
+		ShowError(cmd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	sleep(1);
+
+	//check if project folder exists
+	string path =PROJECT_FOLDER;
+	path = "./caenslowcontrol_json/" + path;
+	string cmd = "mkdir " + path;
+	if(!DirectoryExists(path.c_str())) system(cmd.c_str());
+
+	//copy to project folder
+	cmd = "cp " + filename + " " + path + "/" + newfile;
+	if (system(cmd.c_str()) != 0)
+	{
+		ShowError(cmd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	//git add	
+	path = PROJECT_FOLDER;
+	cmd = "git -C ./caenslowcontrol_json add " + path + "/" + newfile + " >> gitlog.txt";
+	if (system(cmd.c_str()) != 0)
+	{
+		ShowError(cmd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+
+	//git commit
+	string commit = "\"autopush of " + newfile + "\"";
+	cmd = "git -C ./caenslowcontrol_json commit -m " + commit + " >> gitlog.txt";
+	if (system(cmd.c_str()) != 0)
+	{
+		ShowError(cmd);
+		return;
+	}
+
+	//git push
+	cmd = "git -C ./caenslowcontrol_json push >> gitlog.txt";
+	if (system(cmd.c_str()) != 0)
+	{
+		ShowError(cmd);
+		return;
+	}
 }

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