field deletion

[confetti] / cards / update_card.sh

diff --git a/cards/update_card.sh b/cards/update_card.sh
index 1975e4ea2aa66afa8bf5851965d7680ebb402118..52ccfcda6e2d7cefe3106866055e462b09657350 100755 (executable)
--- a/cards/update_card.sh
+++ b/cards/update_card.sh
@@ -72,6 +72,16 @@ for field in $(POST_KEYS |grep -xE '[A-Z][A-Z0-9-]*'); do
     esac
 done; done
 
+# delete fields, first mark for deletion using delete_key
+# this way the field enumeration is preserved during the process
+# finally filter marked lines
+delete_key="$(randomid)"
+for delete in $(POST_KEYS |grep -xE '[A-Z][A-Z0-9-]*_delete_[0-9]+'); do
+  f="${delete%%_*}"; c="${delete##*_}";
+  [ "$(POST "$delete")" = "true" ] && vcf="$(pdi_update_value "$vcf" "$f" "$c" "delete=${delete_key}")"
+done
+vcf="$(printf '%s\n' "$vcf" |sed -E "/^[^:]+:delete=${delete_key}\$/d")"
+
 if [ "$action" = addfield ]; then
   vcf="$(pdi_update_value "$vcf" "$newfield" $(( $(pdi_count "$vcf" "$newfield") + 1 )) '')"
 fi