[XDA-University] KINGbabasula:
Hi all XDA Members :)

This is not at all an updater-script guide but an explanation

Example of updater-script:

[COLOR="Red"]assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "janice" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "janice" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "i9070" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "i9070" ||
getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9070" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "GT-I9070");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Silver"]mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.sh", "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.functions", "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]run_program("/tmp/backuptool.sh", "backup");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="RoyalBlue"]unmount("/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.500000, 0);[/COLOR]
unmount("/system");
[COLOR="DarkSlateGray"]format("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "0", "/system")[/COLOR];
[COLOR="silver"]mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p3", "/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Purple"]package_extract_dir("recovery", "/system");
package_extract_dir("system", "/system");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Olive"]symlink("/system/xbin/su", "/system/bin/su");
symlink("Roboto-Bold.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans-Bold.ttf");
symlink("Roboto-Regular.ttf", "/system/fonts/DroidSans.ttf");
symlink("busybox", "/system/xbin/[", "/system/xbin/[[",
"/system/xbin/adjtimex", "/system/xbin/arp", "/system/xbin/ash",
"/system/xbin/awk", "/system/xbin/base64", "/system/xbin/basename",
"/system/xbin/bbconfig", "/system/xbin/blkid", "/system/xbin/blockdev",
"/system/xbin/brctl", "/system/xbin/bunzip2", "/system/xbin/bzcat",
"/system/xbin/bzip2", "/system/xbin/cal", "/system/xbin/cat",
"/system/xbin/catv", "/system/xbin/chattr", "/system/xbin/chgrp",
"/system/xbin/chmod", "/system/xbin/chown", "/system/xbin/chroot",
"/system/xbin/clear", "/system/xbin/cmp", "/system/xbin/comm",
"/system/xbin/cp", "/system/xbin/cpio", "/system/xbin/crond",
"/system/xbin/crontab", "/system/xbin/cut", "/system/xbin/date",
"/system/xbin/dc", "/system/xbin/dd", "/system/xbin/depmod",
"/system/xbin/devmem", "/system/xbin/df", "/system/xbin/diff",
"/system/xbin/dirname", "/system/xbin/dmesg", "/system/xbin/dnsd",
"/system/xbin/dos2unix", "/system/xbin/du", "/system/xbin/echo",
"/system/xbin/ed", "/system/xbin/egrep", "/system/xbin/env",
"/system/xbin/expand", "/system/xbin/expr", "/system/xbin/false",
"/system/xbin/fbsplash", "/system/xbin/fdisk", "/system/xbin/fgrep",
"/system/xbin/find", "/system/xbin/flash_lock",
"/system/xbin/flash_unlock", "/system/xbin/flashcp",
"/system/xbin/flock", "/system/xbin/fold", "/system/xbin/free",
"/system/xbin/freeramdisk", "/system/xbin/fstrim", "/system/xbin/fsync",
"/system/xbin/ftpget", "/system/xbin/ftpput", "/system/xbin/fuser",
"/system/xbin/getopt", "/system/xbin/grep", "/system/xbin/groups",
"/system/xbin/gunzip", "/system/xbin/gzip", "/system/xbin/halt",
"/system/xbin/head", "/system/xbin/hexdump", "/system/xbin/id",
"/system/xbin/ifconfig", "/system/xbin/inetd", "/system/xbin/insmod",
"/system/xbin/install", "/system/xbin/ionice", "/system/xbin/iostat",
"/system/xbin/ip", "/system/xbin/kill", "/system/xbin/killall",
"/system/xbin/killall5", "/system/xbin/less", "/system/xbin/ln",
"/system/xbin/losetup", "/system/xbin/ls", "/system/xbin/lsattr",
"/system/xbin/lsmod", "/system/xbin/lsusb", "/system/xbin/lzcat",
"/system/xbin/lzma", "/system/xbin/lzop", "/system/xbin/lzopcat",
"/system/xbin/man", "/system/xbin/md5sum", "/system/xbin/mesg",
"/system/xbin/mkdir", "/system/xbin/mke2fs", "/system/xbin/mkfifo",
"/system/xbin/mkfs.ext2", "/system/xbin/mkfs.vfat",
"/system/xbin/mknod", "/system/xbin/mkswap", "/system/xbin/mktemp",
"/system/xbin/modinfo", "/system/xbin/modprobe", "/system/xbin/more",
"/system/xbin/mount", "/system/xbin/mountpoint", "/system/xbin/mpstat",
"/system/xbin/mv", "/system/xbin/nanddump", "/system/xbin/nandwrite",
"/system/xbin/nbd-client", "/system/xbin/netstat", "/system/xbin/nice",
"/system/xbin/nohup", "/system/xbin/nslookup", "/system/xbin/ntpd",
"/system/xbin/od", "/system/xbin/patch", "/system/xbin/pgrep",
"/system/xbin/pidof", "/system/xbin/ping", "/system/xbin/pipe_progress",
"/system/xbin/pkill", "/system/xbin/pmap", "/system/xbin/poweroff",
"/system/xbin/printenv", "/system/xbin/printf", "/system/xbin/ps",
"/system/xbin/pstree", "/system/xbin/pwd", "/system/xbin/pwdx",
"/system/xbin/rdev", "/system/xbin/readlink", "/system/xbin/realpath",
"/system/xbin/renice", "/system/xbin/reset", "/system/xbin/resize",
"/system/xbin/rev", "/system/xbin/rm", "/system/xbin/rmdir",
"/system/xbin/rmmod", "/system/xbin/route", "/system/xbin/run-parts",
"/system/xbin/rx", "/system/xbin/sed", "/system/xbin/seq",
"/system/xbin/setconsole", "/system/xbin/setserial",
"/system/xbin/setsid", "/system/xbin/sh", "/system/xbin/sha1sum",
"/system/xbin/sha256sum", "/system/xbin/sha3sum",
"/system/xbin/sha512sum", "/system/xbin/sleep", "/system/xbin/sort",
"/system/xbin/split", "/system/xbin/stat", "/system/xbin/strings",
"/system/xbin/stty", "/system/xbin/sum", "/system/xbin/swapoff",
"/system/xbin/swapon", "/system/xbin/sync", "/system/xbin/sysctl",
"/system/xbin/tac", "/system/xbin/tail", "/system/xbin/tar",
"/system/xbin/taskset", "/system/xbin/tee", "/system/xbin/telnet",
"/system/xbin/telnetd", "/system/xbin/test", "/system/xbin/tftp",
"/system/xbin/tftpd", "/system/xbin/time", "/system/xbin/timeout",
"/system/xbin/top", "/system/xbin/touch", "/system/xbin/tr",
"/system/xbin/traceroute", "/system/xbin/true", "/system/xbin/ttysize",
"/system/xbin/tune2fs", "/system/xbin/umount", "/system/xbin/uname",
"/system/xbin/uncompress", "/system/xbin/unexpand", "/system/xbin/uniq",
"/system/xbin/unix2dos", "/system/xbin/unlzma", "/system/xbin/unlzop",
"/system/xbin/unxz", "/system/xbin/unzip", "/system/xbin/uptime",
"/system/xbin/usleep", "/system/xbin/uudecode", "/system/xbin/uuencode",
"/system/xbin/vi", "/system/xbin/watch", "/system/xbin/wc",
"/system/xbin/wget", "/system/xbin/which", "/system/xbin/whoami",
"/system/xbin/xargs", "/system/xbin/xz", "/system/xbin/xzcat",
"/system/xbin/yes",
"/system/xbin/zcat");
symlink("mksh", "/system/bin/sh");
symlink("toolbox", "/system/bin/cat", "/system/bin/chmod",
"/system/bin/chown", "/system/bin/cmp", "/system/bin/cp",
"/system/bin/date", "/system/bin/dd", "/system/bin/df",
"/system/bin/dmesg", "/system/bin/du", "/system/bin/getevent",
"/system/bin/getprop", "/system/bin/grep", "/system/bin/hd",
"/system/bin/id", "/system/bin/ifconfig", "/system/bin/iftop",
"/system/bin/insmod", "/system/bin/ioctl", "/system/bin/ionice",
"/system/bin/kill", "/system/bin/ln", "/system/bin/log",
"/system/bin/ls", "/system/bin/lsmod", "/system/bin/lsof",
"/system/bin/md5", "/system/bin/mkdir", "/system/bin/mount",
"/system/bin/mv", "/system/bin/nandread", "/system/bin/netstat",
"/system/bin/newfs_msdos", "/system/bin/notify", "/system/bin/printenv",
"/system/bin/ps", "/system/bin/r", "/system/bin/reboot",
"/system/bin/renice", "/system/bin/restart", "/system/bin/rm",
"/system/bin/rmdir", "/system/bin/rmmod", "/system/bin/route",
"/system/bin/schedtop", "/system/bin/sendevent",
"/system/bin/setconsole", "/system/bin/setprop", "/system/bin/sleep",
"/system/bin/smd", "/system/bin/start", "/system/bin/stop",
"/system/bin/sync", "/system/bin/top", "/system/bin/touch",
"/system/bin/umount", "/system/bin/uptime", "/system/bin/vmstat",
"/system/bin/watchprops",
"/system/bin/wipe");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0644, "/system");
set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0755, "/system/addon.d");
set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/bin");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 3003, 02750, "/system/bin/netcfg");
set_perm(0, 3004, 02755, "/system/bin/ping");
set_perm(0, 2000, 06750, "/system/bin/run-as");
set_perm(1002, 1002, 0440, "/system/etc/dbus.conf");
set_perm(1014, 2000, 0550, "/system/etc/dhcpcd/dhcpcd-run-hooks");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/etc/init.d");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0755, "/system/etc/init.d");
set_perm(0, 2000, 0550, "/system/etc/init.goldfish.sh");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 0, 0755, 0555, "/system/etc/ppp");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor");
set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/etc");
set_perm(0, 2000, 0755, "/system/vendor/firmware");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0644, "/system/vendor/lib");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/system/vendor/lib/libbt-vendor.so");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="SandyBrown"]set_perm_recursive(0, 2000, 0755, 0755, "/system/xbin");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/librank");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/procmem");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/procrank");
set_perm(0, 0, 06755, "/system/xbin/su");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.200000, 0);
show_progress(0.200000, 10);[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Green"]package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.sh", "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
package_extract_file("system/bin/backuptool.functions", "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="DarkRed"]set_perm(0, 0, 0777, "/tmp/backuptool.sh");
set_perm(0, 0, 0644, "/tmp/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Lime"]run_program("/tmp/backuptool.sh", "restore");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Navy"]delete("/system/bin/backuptool.sh");
delete("/system/bin/backuptool.functions");[/COLOR]
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.200000, 10);[/COLOR]
assert(package_extract_file("boot.img", "/tmp/boot.img"),
write_raw_image("/tmp/boot.img", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p15"),
delete("/tmp/boot.img"));
[COLOR="Pink"]show_progress(0.100000, 0);[/COLOR]
unmount("/system");