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#
# $Id: post_faq.pl.base,v 1.42 1994/11/01 17:36:25 tkoenig Exp $
#
# Copyright (c) 1991 Jonathan I. Kamens. See the GNU Public License
# (any version) for terms of distribution.
push(@INC, "/usr/share/post-faq");
require 'faqfile.pl';
$SIG{'PIPE'} = 'sigpipe';
# These variables can be overridden by command-line options.
open(SERVER, "< /etc/news/server") || die "Opening /etc/news/server to read: $!.\n";
$server = <SERVER>;
chop $server; # News server to which to connect, if NNTP
close SERVER;
$default_inews = "/usr/bin/inews"; # Inews program to use
open(IDHOST, "< /etc/mailname") || die "Opening /etc/mailname to read: $!.\n";
$idhost = <IDHOST>;
chop $idhost; # News server to which to connect, if NNTP
close IDHOST;
$configfile = undef;
$faqfile'file_version = 2;
$expire_search = undef;
# These can be overridden by each FAQ.
$faqfile'default_interval = 0; # Default interval to wait between postings
$faqfile'default_sigfile = "none"; # Signature file to append to posting
$faqfile'default_force = 0; # Force posting of this FAQ?
# These can't be overridden at all without editing the script.
@months = ('Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun', 'Jul', 'Aug',
'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec');
# This controls the number of days added to _twice_ the posting
# interval in order to determine how many days into the future the
# "Expires" header date should be set. I've picked a value of 7, which
# means that I'm assuming that an article will make it to the entire
# USENET within the interval plus 7 days of when it is posted.
$expire_slop = 7;
%faqs = ();
%only = ();
%omit = ();
$quiet = 0;
$newstamp = time;
$usage = "Usage: $0 -config file-name [ -interval days ]
[ -inewscmd command ] [ -server nntp-server ] [ -idhost host-name ]
[ -sigfile file-name ] [ -quiet number ] [ -omit id-list ]
[ -only id-list ] [ -force ] [ -expire_search ] [ -debug ]";
# Parse command line arguments
while ($_ = $ARGV[0], /^-/) {
shift;
if (/^-interval$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-interval\" option.\n")
&& ($faqfile'default_interval = shift) && next;
}
elsif (/^-inewscmd$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-inewscmd\" option.\n")
&& ($inews = shift) && next;
}
elsif (/^-server$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-server\" option.\n")
&& ($server = shift) && next;
}
elsif (/^-idhost$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-idhost\" option.\n")
&& ($idhost = shift) && next;
}
elsif (/^-sigfile$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-sigfile\" option.\n")
&& ($faqfile'default_sigfile = shift) && next;
}
elsif (/^-config$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-config\" option.\n")
&& ($configfile = shift) && next;
}
elsif (/^-quiet$/) {
((@ARGV > 0) || die "Missing argument to \"-quiet\" option.\n");
$quiet = shift;
next;
}
elsif (/^-omit$/) {
if (@ARGV > 0) {
foreach $i (split(/,/, shift)) {
$omit{$i}++;
}
next;
}
else {
die "Missing argument to \"-omit\" option.\n";
}
}
elsif (/^-only$/) {
if (@ARGV > 0) {
foreach $i (split(/,/, shift)) {
$only{$i}++;
}
next;
}
else {
die "Missing argument to \"-only\" option.\n";
}
}
elsif (/^-force$/) {
($faqfile'default_force = 2) && next;
}
elsif (/^-debug$/) {
++$debug && next;
}
elsif (/^-expire_search$/) {
++$expire_search && next;
}
die "Unknown option \"$_\".\n$usage\n";
}
die "No config file specified!\n$usage\n" if (! $configfile);
($faqfile'default_sigfile = undef) if ($faqfile'default_sigfile eq "none");
if (! defined($inews)) {
if ($debug) {
$inews = "cat";
}
else {
$inews = $default_inews . " -h";
}
}
$ENV{'NNTPSERVER'} = $server;
if ($debug) {
$configin = $configfile;
$configout = "/dev/null";
print "Not modifying config file, because -debug specified.\n"
if ($quiet < 1);
}
else {
if (-z $configfile) {
die "Configuration file is zero size.... aborting!\n";
}
$configin = "$configfile.old";
$configout = $configfile;
rename($configout, $configin) ||
die "Renaming $configout: $!.\n";
}
open(CONFIG, "$configin") || die "Opening $configin to read: $!.\n";
open(CONFIGOUT, ">$configout") || die "Opening $configout to write: $!.\n";
while (<CONFIG>) {
chop;
local($idname, $file, $oldstamp, $interval, $sigfile, $force, $parent) =
&faqfile'parse_faq($_);
($sigfile = $faqfile'default_sigfile) if (! $sigfile);
if (! $idname) {
print CONFIGOUT $_, "\n" ||
die "Writing to $configout: $!.\n";
next;
}
if (%only) {
if (!$only{$idname}) {
print "Skipping $idname because of -only.\n"
if ($quiet < 1);
goto nextone;
}
}
elsif (%omit) {
if ($omit{$idname}) {
print "Skipping $idname because of -omit.\n"
if ($quiet < 1);
goto nextone;
}
}
($timeout, $reason) = &faqfile'should_post($idname);
if (! $timeout) {
print("Skipping $idname ($reason).\n") if ($quiet < 1);
goto nextone;
}
else {
print "Posting $idname ($reason).\n" if ($quiet < 1);
$inews_pid = open(INEWS, "|$inews");
open(FAQ, $file) ||
(warn("Opening $file (for $idname): $!.\n"), goto nextone);
printf(INEWS "Message-ID: %s\n",
&message_id($idname, $newstamp, $idhost)) ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"), goto nextone);
if ($oldstamp) {
printf(INEWS "Supersedes: %s\n",
&message_id($idname, $oldstamp, $idhost)) ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"), goto nextone);
}
$expire_time = undef;
if ($interval =~ /^[0-9]+$/) {
if ($interval > 0) {
$expire_time = $newstamp + (2 * $interval + $expire_slop) *
(60 * 60 * 24);
}
}
elsif ($expire_search) {
$expire_time = &faqfile'expire_search($idname, $newstamp) +
$expire_slop * (60 * 60 * 24);
}
if ($expire_time) {
($sec, $min, $hour, $mday, $mon, $year, $wday, $yday, $isdst) =
gmtime($expire_time);
$year += 1900;
printf(INEWS "Expires: %d %s %d %02d:%02d:%02d GMT\n",
$mday, $months[$mon], $year, $hour, $min, $sec) ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"), goto nextone);
}
if ($parent) {
printf(INEWS "References: %s\n",
&message_id($parent, &faqfile'timestamp($parent),
$idhost)) ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"),
goto nextone);
}
while (<FAQ>) {
while (/\@message-id +([^ \@]+) *\@/i) {
local($newid) = &message_id($1, $newstamp, $idhost);
$_ = $` . $newid . $'; #`
}
while (/\@old-id +([^ \@]+) *\@/i) {
local($time) = &faqfile'timestamp($1);
local($newid);
if ($time) {
$newid = &message_id($1, $time, $idhost);
}
else {
warn "$idname requests Message ID of unknown posting $1.\n";
$newid = "<unknown>";
}
$_ = $` . $newid . $'; #`
}
print INEWS $_ ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"), goto nextone);
}
if ($sigfile && ($sigfile ne "none")) {
if (! open(SIGFILE, $sigfile)) {
warn "Opening \"$sigfile\": $!.\nSignature will not be included on $idname.\n";
}
else {
print INEWS "-- \n" ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"), goto nextone);
while (<SIGFILE>) {
print INEWS $_ ||
(warn("Printing to $inews pipe: $!.\n"), goto nextone);
}
}
}
close(INEWS);
$inews_pid = undef;
if ($?) {
warn "$inews exited with non-zero status posting $idname.\n";
goto nextone;
}
close(FAQ);
printf("Article %s posted successfully.\n",
&message_id($idname, $newstamp, $idhost))
if ($quiet < 2);
if ($force == 1) {
&faqfile'set_force($idname, undef);
print "Force disabled on $idname.\n"
if ($quiet < 2);
}
elsif ($force == 3) {
&faqfile'set_force($idname, -2);
print "Force replaced with suspend on $idname.\n"
if ($quiet < 2);
}
&faqfile'set_posted($idname);
&faqfile'set_timestamp($idname, $newstamp);
}
nextone:
kill('TERM', $inews_pid) if ($inews_pid);
print CONFIGOUT &faqfile'configline($idname), "\n" ||
die "Writing to $configout: $!.\n";
}
close(CONFIG);
close(CONFIGOUT) || die "Closing $configout: $!.\n";
sub message_id {
# Takes three arguments -- an ID name, a time, and a host name --
# and returns the message ID to use. If you want to do custom
# message ID's for some or all of your FAQs, this is the routine
# to modify.
#
# Beware that this routine is used to generate message IDs of
# parent articles as well as message IDs of articles currently
# being posted, so don't put in any implicit dependencies that
# won't work.
local($idname, $time, $host) = @_;
"<${idname}_${time}\@${host}>";
}
sub sigpipe {
# Don't do anything; we'll notice it because $? will be non-zero
# when the file handle is closed.
}
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