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#! /bin/sh
##  $Revision: 1.22 $
##  News boot script.  Runs as "news" user.  Requires inndstart be
##  setuid root.  Run from rc.whatever as:
##     su news -c /path/to/rc.news >/dev/console


##  =()<. @<_PATH_SHELLVARS>@>()=
. /usr/lib/news/innshellvars

##  Pick ${INND} or ${INNDSTART}
WHAT=${INNDSTART}
##  Set to true or false
DOINNWATCH=false
DOACTIVED=false
MAIL="${MAILCMD} -s 'Boot-time Usenet warning on `hostname`' ${NEWSMASTER}"

##  RFLAG is set below; set FLAGS as appropriate.
RFLAG=""
FLAGS="-i0"

##  Clean shutdown?
if [ -f ${SERVERPID} ] ; then
    echo 'INND:  PID file exists -- unclean shutdown!'
    RFLAG="-r"
fi

if [ ! -f ${NEWSLIB}/.news.daily ] ; then
    echo 'No .news.daily file; need to run news.daily?' | eval ${MAIL}
else
    case `find ${NEWSLIB}/.news.daily -mtime +1 -print 2>/dev/null` in
    "")
	;;
    *)
	echo 'Old .news.daily file; need to run news.daily?' | eval ${MAIL}
	;;
    esac
fi

##  Active file recovery.
if [ ! -s ${ACTIVE} ] ; then
    if [ -s ${NEWACTIVE} ] ; then
	mv ${NEWACTIVE} ${ACTIVE}
    else
	if [ -s ${OLDACTIVE} ] ; then
	    cp ${OLDACTIVE} ${ACTIVE}
	else
	    echo 'INND:   No active file!'
	    exit 1
	fi
    fi
    RFLAG="-r"
    # You might want to rebuild the DBZ database, too:
    #cd ${NEWSLIB} \
    #		&& makehistory -r \
    #		&& mv history.n.dir history.dir \
    #		&& mv history.n.pag history.pag
fi

##  Remove temporary batchfiles and lock files.
( cd ${BATCH} && rm -f bch* )
( cd ${LOCKS} && rm -f LOCK* )
( cd ${TEMPSOCKDIR} && rm -f ${TEMPSOCK} )
rm -f ${NEWSCONTROL} ${NNTPCONNECT} ${SERVERPID}

##  Start the show.
echo -n 'Starting news server:'
eval ${WHAT} ${RFLAG} ${FLAGS}
echo -n ' innd'

${DOACTIVED} && {
    echo -n ' actived'
    ${NEWSBIN}/actived > $ERRLOG 2>&1
}

# Gee, looks like lisp, doesn't it?
${DOINNWATCH} && {
    echo -n ' innwatch'
    ( sleep 60 ; exec ${INNWATCH} > $ERRLOG 2>&1 ) &
}

echo '.'

RMFILE=${MOST_LOGS}/expire.rm
for F in ${RMFILE} ${RMFILE}.*; do
    if [ -f $F -a -s $F ] ; then
	echo "INND: Removing articles from pre-downtime expire run (${F})."
	(
	    echo 'System shut down during expire.' \
		'Unlinking articles listed in'
	    echo ${F}
	) | eval ${MAIL}
	${NEWSBIN}/expirerm ${F}
    fi
done &