chore: make it more verbose

.github/workflows/cross-compile.yaml

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ name: Cross-Compile Binaries
     paths:
       - 'src/**'
       - 'go.**'
+      - 'meshbook/**'
   schedule:
     - cron: '0 0 * * 6'
 
@@ -83,7 +84,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: move files for upload
         run: |
           mv ./meshbook ./meshbook-dir
-          mv ./dist/meshbook ./meshbook
+          mkdir ./bin
+          mv ./dist/meshbook ./bin/meshbook
 
       - name: upload the building actifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ jobs:
           name: package-linux64
           path: |
             ./patchworks
-            ./meshbook
+            ./bin/meshbook
           retention-days: 7
           overwrite: true
 
@@ -213,7 +215,8 @@ jobs:
       - name: move files for upload
         run: |
           mv ./meshbook ./meshbook-dir
-          mv ./dist/meshbook.exe ./meshbook.exe
+          mkdir ./bin
+          mv ./dist/meshbook.exe ./bin/meshbook.exe
 
       - name: upload the building actifacts
         uses: actions/upload-artifact@v7
@@ -221,5 +224,6 @@ jobs:
           name: package-win64
           path: |
             ./*.exe
+            ./bin/*.exe
           retention-days: 7
           overwrite: true

go.mod

@@ -32,9 +32,9 @@ require (
 	github.com/srwiley/rasterx v0.0.0-20220730225603-2ab79fcdd4ef // indirect
 	github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 // indirect
 	github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/image v0.24.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/image v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/net v0.35.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 // indirect
-	golang.org/x/text v0.22.0 // indirect
+	golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 // indirect
 	gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 // indirect
 )

go.sum

@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu
 github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8 h1:iERMLn0/QJeHFhxSt3p6PeN9mGnvIKSpG9YYorDMnic=
 github.com/yuin/goldmark v1.7.8/go.mod h1:uzxRWxtg69N339t3louHJ7+O03ezfj6PlliRlaOzY1E=
-golang.org/x/image v0.24.0 h1:AN7zRgVsbvmTfNyqIbbOraYL8mSwcKncEj8ofjgzcMQ=
+golang.org/x/image v0.38.0 h1:5l+q+Y9JDC7mBOMjo4/aPhMDcxEptsX+Tt3GgRQRPuE=
-golang.org/x/image v0.24.0/go.mod h1:4b/ITuLfqYq1hqZcjofwctIhi7sZh2WaCjvsBNjjya8=
+golang.org/x/image v0.38.0/go.mod h1:/3f6vaXC+6CEanU4KJxbcUZyEePbyKbaLoDOe4ehFYY=
-golang.org/x/net v0.35.0 h1:T5GQRQb2y08kTAByq9L4/bz8cipCdA8FbRTXewonqY8=
+golang.org/x/net v0.38.0 h1:vRMAPTMaeGqVhG5QyLJHqNDwecKTomGeqbnfZyKlBI8=
-golang.org/x/net v0.35.0/go.mod h1:EglIi67kWsHKlRzzVMUD93VMSWGFOMSZgxFjparz1Qk=
+golang.org/x/net v0.38.0/go.mod h1:ivrbrMbzFq5J41QOQh0siUuly180yBYtLp+CKbEaFx8=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0 h1:QjkSwP/36a20jFYWkSue1YwXzLmsV5Gfq7Eiy72C1uc=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0 h1:ioabZlmFYtWhL+TRYpcnNlLwhyxaM9kWTDEmfnprqik=
-golang.org/x/sys v0.30.0/go.mod h1:/VUhepiaJMQUp4+oa/7Zr1D23ma6VTLIYjOOTFZPUcA=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.31.0/go.mod h1:BJP2sWEmIv4KK5OTEluFJCKSidICx8ciO85XgH3Ak8k=
-golang.org/x/text v0.22.0 h1:bofq7m3/HAFvbF51jz3Q9wLg3jkvSPuiZu/pD1XwgtM=
+golang.org/x/text v0.35.0 h1:JOVx6vVDFokkpaq1AEptVzLTpDe9KGpj5tR4/X+ybL8=
-golang.org/x/text v0.22.0/go.mod h1:YRoo4H8PVmsu+E3Ou7cqLVH8oXWIHVoX0jqUWALQhfY=
+golang.org/x/text v0.35.0/go.mod h1:khi/HExzZJ2pGnjenulevKNX1W67CUy0AsXcNubPGCA=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f h1:BLraFXnmrev5lT+xlilqcH8XK9/i0At2xKjWk4p6zsU=
 gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20200227125254-8fa46927fb4f/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=

src/main.go

@@ -35,9 +35,10 @@ func main() {
 
 	targEntry := widget.NewEntry()
 	var book string
+	var silent bool
 
-	inputContainer := draw.MakeInput(targEntry, &book)
+	inputContainer := draw.MakeInput(targEntry, &book, &silent)
-	footerContainer := draw.MakeFooter(targEntry, &book, app)
+	footerContainer := draw.MakeFooter(targEntry, &book, &silent, app)
 
 	center := container.NewBorder(
 		nil,             // top

src/modules/draw/draw.go

@@ -13,15 +13,24 @@ import (
 	tasks "patchworks/src/modules/tasks"
 )
 
-func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string) *fyne.Container {
+func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, silent *bool) *fyne.Container {
 	availBooks, err := tasks.ListAvailableBooks()
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Println("failed to read available books on disk")
 	}
 
+	silentCheck := widget.NewCheck("Silent (Return Only JSON Data)", func(checked bool) {
+		if checked {
+			*silent = true
+		} else {
+			*silent = false
+		}
+	})
+
 	targetBox := container.NewVBox(
 		widget.NewLabel("MeshCentral Target Group"),
 		targEntry,
+		silentCheck,
 		widget.NewLabel(""),
 		canvas.NewLine(color.Gray{Y: 128}),
 	)
@@ -55,7 +64,7 @@ func MakeInput(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string) *fyne.Container {
 	return inputBox
 }
 
-func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Container {
+func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, silent *bool, app fyne.App) *fyne.Container {
 	var result string
 	textEntry := widget.NewMultiLineEntry()
 
@@ -89,7 +98,7 @@ func MakeFooter(targEntry *widget.Entry, book *string, app fyne.App) *fyne.Conta
 		log.Println("kicking off goroutine")
 		actionBtn.Disable()
 		go func() {
-			ok, result = runner.RunMeshbook(path, *book, targEntry.Text)
+			ok, result = runner.RunMeshbook(path, *book, *silent, targEntry.Text)
 			if !ok {
 				log.Println("assuming failed state")
 				fyne.CurrentApp().Driver().DoFromGoroutine(func() {

src/modules/runner/runner.go

@@ -1,6 +1,3 @@
-//go:build windows
-// +build windows
-
 package runner
 
 import (
@@ -9,7 +6,6 @@ import (
 	"os/exec"
 	"regexp"
 	"runtime"
-	"syscall"
 )
 
 var ansi = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-9;]*m`)
@@ -49,29 +45,38 @@ func FindMeshbookBinary() (bool, string) {
 	}
 }
 
-func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
+func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath string, silent bool, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
+	// Meshbook argument compilation
 	var args []string
 	if len(bookPath) == 0 {
 		args = []string{"--help"}
 	} else {
 		args = []string{"--nograce", "--indent", "-mb", bookPath, "--group", targGroup}
 	}
-	log.Printf("running with parameters: %v", args)
 
-	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
+	if silent {
-	cmd.SysProcAttr = &syscall.SysProcAttr{
+		args = append(args, "--silent")
-		HideWindow: true,
 	}
 
+	// Display what we are about to be running
+	log.Printf("running with parameters: %v", args)
+
+	// Actually spawn the process
+	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
+
+	// Capture stdout & stderr
 	outputData, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
 	cleanData := ansi.ReplaceAllString(string(outputData), "")
 
+	log.Println("evaluating returned state")
 	if err != nil {
 		log.Printf("something went wrong when running the command: %v", err)
 		log.Printf("captured output: %s", cleanData)
 
 		return false, cleanData
 	} else {
+		log.Printf("captured output: %s", cleanData)
+
 		return true, cleanData
 	}
 }

src/modules/runner/runner_linux.go

@@ -1,73 +0,0 @@
-//go:build linux
-// +build linux
-
-package runner
-
-import (
-	"log"
-	"os"
-	"os/exec"
-	"regexp"
-	"runtime"
-)
-
-var ansi = regexp.MustCompile(`\x1b\[[0-9;]*m`)
-
-func FindMeshbookBinary() (bool, string) {
-	var osBin string
-
-	switch runtime.GOOS {
-	case "windows":
-		osBin = "meshbook.exe"
-	case "linux":
-		osBin = "meshbook"
-	default:
-		log.Println("undefined operating system")
-	}
-
-	log.Println("going to search for:", osBin)
-
-	binaryFound := false
-	var binaryPath string
-	for _, f := range []string{("./" + osBin), ("./bin/" + osBin)} {
-		objInfo, err := os.Stat(f)
-
-		if err == nil && objInfo.Mode().IsRegular() {
-			binaryFound = true
-			binaryPath = f
-			log.Printf("found binary at %s", f)
-			break
-		}
-	}
-
-	if binaryFound {
-		return true, binaryPath
-	} else {
-		log.Println("binary not found!")
-		return false, ""
-	}
-}
-
-func RunMeshbook(binPath, bookPath, targGroup string) (bool, string) {
-	var args []string
-	if len(bookPath) == 0 {
-		args = []string{"--help"}
-	} else {
-		args = []string{"--nograce", "--indent", "-mb", bookPath, "--group", targGroup}
-	}
-	log.Printf("running with parameters: %v", args)
-
-	cmd := exec.Command(binPath, args...)
-
-	outputData, err := cmd.CombinedOutput()
-	cleanData := ansi.ReplaceAllString(string(outputData), "")
-
-	if err != nil {
-		log.Printf("something went wrong when running the command: %v", err)
-		log.Printf("captured output: %s", cleanData)
-
-		return false, cleanData
-	} else {
-		return true, cleanData
-	}
-}