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#!/bin/bash

# Released into the public domain by B. Watson <urchlay@slackware.uk>
# No warranty of any kind. If it breaks, you get to keep both pieces.

BINDIRS="/usr/bin /usr/local/bin"

fix_rt_caps() {
	echo "Looking for JACK binaries in $1"
	cd "$1" || return
	find . -type f | xargs file | grep ELF.*executable | cut -d: -f1 | while read bin; do
		if ldd $bin 2>/dev/null | grep -q libjack; then
			echo "setting caps on $( readlink -f $1/$bin )"
			/sbin/setcap cap_ipc_lock,cap_sys_nice=ep $bin
		fi
	done
}

if [ "$1" = "-h" -o "$1" = "--help" ]; then
	cat <<EOF
$( basename $0 ) v1.0: set POSIX realtime priority and unlimited memory lock
capabilities on JACK-using binaries.

Usage: $( basename $0 ) <optional list of directories>

With no arguments, the default list of directories is:
  $BINDIRS
EOF
	exit 0
fi

if [ $# = 0 ]; then
	set $BINDIRS
fi

for dir in "$@"; do fix_rt_caps $dir; done