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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+# Pi-hole: A black hole for Internet advertisements
+# (c) 2015, 2016 by Jacob Salmela
+# Network-wide ad blocking via your Raspberry Pi
+# http://pi-hole.net
+# Exports variables for use with Pi-hole
+#
+# Pi-hole is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+
+# First check if the user running the script is root.
+# If they are, they have root access and the SUDO variable will be set to nothing
+if [[ $EUID -eq 0 ]];then
+	echo "You are root."
+else
+	# sudo will be used during install and to restart services in gravity.sh
+	export SUDO="sudo"
+fi
+
+# Find the rows and columns
+rows=$(tput lines)
+columns=$(tput cols)
+
+# Divide by two so the dialogs take up half of the screen, which looks nice.
+r=$(( rows / 2 ))
+c=$(( columns / 2 ))
+
+# Find IP used to route to outside world
+IPv4dev=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)if($i~/dev/)print $(i+1)}')
+IPv4addr=$(ip -o -f inet addr show dev $IPv4dev | awk '{print $4}' | awk 'END {print}')
+IPv4gw=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk '{print $3}')
+
+# System files
+export dnsmsqConfDir=/etc/dnsmasq.d
+export lighttpConfDir=/etc/lighttpd
+export cronFolder=/etc/cron.d
+export dhcpcdFile=/etc/dhcpcd.conf
+export dnsmasqConfigFile=$dnsmsqConfDir/01-pihole.conf
+export lighttpdConfigFile=$lighttpConfDir/lighttpd.conf
+export webRootDir=/var/www/html
+export webRootPiholeDir=$webRootDir/pihole
+export webRootAdminDir=$webRootDir/admin
+export piholeIndexHtmlFile=$webRootPiholeDir/index.html
+export adminIndexPhpFile=$webRootAdminDir/index.php
+export logDir=/var/log
+export webAccessLog=$logDir/lighttpd/access.log
+export webErrorLog=$logDir/lighttpd/error.log
+export piholeLog=$logDir/pihole.log
+
+# Local Pi-hole directory
+export basename=pihole
+export piholeDir=/usr/local/etc/$basename
+export piholeGitDir=/usr/local/etc/.$basename
+
+# Scripts
+export scriptDir=/usr/local/bin
+export gravityScript=$scriptDir/gravity.sh
+export chronometerScript=$scriptDir/chronometer.sh
+export piholeLogFlushScript=$scriptDir/piholeLogFlush.sh
+export blacklistScript=$scriptDir/blacklist.sh
+export whitelistScript=$scriptDir/whitelist.sh
+export piholeCron=$cronFolder/pihole
+
+# Variables for various stages of downloading and formatting the list
+export tmpLocation=/tmp
+export adListFile=$piholeDir/adlists.list
+export adListDefault=$piholeDir/gravity.list
+export blacklist=$piholeDir/blacklist.txt
+export whitelist=$piholeDir/whitelist.txt
+export latentWhitelist=$piholeDir/latentWhitelist.txt
+export justDomainsExtension=domains
+export matter=$basename.0.matterandlight.txt
+export supernova=$basename.1.supernova.txt
+export eventHorizon=$basename.2.eventHorizon.txt
+export accretionDisc=$basename.3.accretionDisc.txt
+export tmpInstallLog=$tmpLocation/pihole-install.log
+export instalLogLoc=$piholeDir/install.log
+
+# These files are empty but checked for existence
+export piholeInterfaceFile=$tmpLocation/.piholeInterface
+export piholeIPv4static=$tmpLocation/.useIPv4
+export piholeIPv4file=$piholeDir/.useIPv4
+export piholeIPv6file=$piholeDir/.useIPv6
+
+# This is checked during the initial install
+if [[ -f $piholeIPv4static ]];then
+    # If the tmp file exists, it means it was created from the installation script and we should use that value instead of detecting it in this script
+    # This is because the installer asks to set a static IP address
+    # The file can be removed because once the address is set, it won't change
+		# But then make an invisible file to be contigious with IPv6
+    export piholeIPv4=$(cat $piholeIPv4static)
+    rm -f $piholeIPv4static
+		$SUDO touch $piholeIPv4file
+else
+    # Otherwise, the IP address can be taken directly from the machine, which will happen when the script is run by the user and not the installation script
+    export IPv4dev=$(ip route get 8.8.8.8 | awk '{for(i=1;i<=NF;i++)if($i~/dev/)print $(i+1)}')
+    export piholeIPv4CIDR=$(ip -o -f inet addr show dev $IPv4dev | awk '{print $4}' | awk 'END {print}')
+    export piholeIPv4=${piholeIPv4CIDR%/*}
+fi
+
+if [[ -f $piholeIPv6file ]];then
+    # If the file exists, then the user previously chose to use IPv6 in the automated installer
+    export piholeIPv6=$(ip -6 route get 2001:4860:4860::8888 | awk -F " " '{ for(i=1;i<=NF;i++) if ($i == "src") print $(i+1) }')
+fi
+
+# This is used in more than one script, so just make it a function so we don't repeat code
+reloadHostsFile(){
+dnsmasqPid=$(pidof dnsmasq)
+
+if [[ $dnsmasqPid ]]; then
+	# The service already running - reload config
+	$SUDO kill -HUP $dnsmasqPid
+else
+	# The service is not running so start it up
+	$SUDO service dnsmasq start
+fi
+}
+
+echo "Variables have been sourced."