From 9f03f1e539c125189018d4da466b1c50f3016553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Francois Fleuret <francois@fleuret.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2018 09:25:28 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Now read arguments from a .xremote file by default if it
 exists.

---
 xremote.sh | 14 ++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/xremote.sh b/xremote.sh
index 9752a9a..ecf6f3e 100755
--- a/xremote.sh
+++ b/xremote.sh
@@ -56,6 +56,10 @@ xremote.sh [-h <remote_host>] [-i <remote_dir>] <script> [script arguments]
     @XREMOTE_GET: *.dat
     @XREMOTE_PRE: ln -s /home/fleuret/data/pytorch ./data
 
+  If a file with the same name as the script with the .xremote
+  extension appended to it exists, arguments will be read from it by
+  default.
+
   If the -h option is provided @XREMOTE_HOST is ignored.
 
   If the -i option is provided, all the files are installed and
@@ -110,6 +114,12 @@ done
 [[ -a "$1" ]] || (help && exit 1)
 
 main="$(basename "$1")"
+main_config="${main}.xremote"
+
+if [[ ! -f "${main}.xremote" ]]
+then
+    main_config="${main}"
+fi
 
 cd "$(dirname "$1")"
 
@@ -166,7 +176,7 @@ do
         esac
     fi
 
-done < "${main}"
+done < "${main_config}"
 
 ######################################################################
 
@@ -226,7 +236,7 @@ do
                 ;;
         esac
     fi
-done < "${main}"
+done < "${main_config}"
 
 set +f
 
-- 
2.20.1