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1 | #! /usr/bin/perl -W |
2 | # | |
ace701c4 | 3 | # yapfaq Version 0.7 by Thomas Hochstein |
7aaba0e0 | 4 | # (Original author: Marc Brockschmidt) |
dc88d139 | 5 | # |
7aaba0e0 | 6 | # This script posts any project described in its config-file. Most people |
dc88d139 TH |
7 | # will use it in combination with cron(8). |
8 | # | |
9 | # Copyright (C) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de> | |
7aaba0e0 | 10 | # Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> |
dc88d139 TH |
11 | # |
12 | # It can be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms under | |
13 | # which Perl itself is published. | |
14 | ||
647af2ea | 15 | my $Version = "0.8-prelease"; |
dc88d139 | 16 | |
605916ef TH |
17 | # Please do not change this setting! |
18 | # You may override the default .rc file (.yapfaqrc) by using "-c .rc file" | |
d60c2d5f | 19 | my $RCFile = '.yapfaqrc'; |
605916ef | 20 | # Valid configuration variables for use in a .rc file |
0e741504 | 21 | my @ValidConfVars = ('NNTPServer','NNTPUser','NNTPPass','Sender','ConfigFile'); |
d60c2d5f | 22 | |
605916ef TH |
23 | ################################### Defaults ################################### |
24 | # Please do not change anything in here! | |
25 | # Use a runtime configuration file (.yapfaqrc by default) to override defaults. | |
7ef63844 | 26 | my %Config = (NNTPServer => "", |
2507947f TH |
27 | NNTPUser => "", |
28 | NNTPPass => "", | |
29 | Sender => "", | |
0e741504 | 30 | ConfigFile => "yapfaq.cfg"); |
dc88d139 | 31 | |
605916ef | 32 | ################################# Main program ################################# |
dc88d139 TH |
33 | |
34 | use strict; | |
35 | use Net::NNTP; | |
40847f71 | 36 | use Net::Domain qw(hostfqdn); |
dc88d139 TH |
37 | use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today); |
38 | use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants | |
4251e545 | 39 | use Getopt::Std; |
dc88d139 TH |
40 | my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date |
41 | ||
b9550622 | 42 | # read commandline options |
4251e545 | 43 | my %Options; |
86c0a100 | 44 | getopts('Vhvpdt:f:c:s:', \%Options); |
b9550622 | 45 | # -V: print version / copyright information |
a052296f TH |
46 | if ($Options{'V'}) { |
47 | print "$0 v $Version\nCopyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc\@marcbrockschmidt.de>\nCopyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh\@inter.net>\n"; | |
48 | print "This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.\n"; | |
49 | exit(0); | |
50 | } | |
b9550622 | 51 | # -h: feed myself to perldoc |
4251e545 | 52 | if ($Options{'h'}) { |
ae3b1b79 | 53 | exec ('perldoc', $0); |
4251e545 TH |
54 | exit(0); |
55 | }; | |
b9550622 | 56 | # -f: set $Faq |
4251e545 TH |
57 | my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'}); |
58 | ||
d60c2d5f | 59 | # read runtime configuration (configuration variables) |
86c0a100 TH |
60 | $RCFile = $Options{'c'} if ($Options{'c'}); |
61 | if (-f $RCFile) { | |
62 | readrc (\$RCFile,\%Config); | |
63 | } else { | |
64 | warn "$0: W: .rc file $RCFile does not exist!\n"; | |
65 | } | |
d60c2d5f | 66 | |
b9550622 | 67 | # read configuration (configured FAQs) |
dc88d139 | 68 | my @Config; |
2507947f | 69 | readconfig (\$Config{'ConfigFile'}, \@Config, \$Faq); |
dc88d139 | 70 | |
b9550622 TH |
71 | # for each FAQ: |
72 | # - parse configuration | |
73 | # - read status data | |
74 | # - if FAQ is due: call postfaq() | |
dc88d139 TH |
75 | foreach (@Config) { |
76 | my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001); #LP: Last posting-date | |
77 | my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD); #NP: Next posting-date | |
78 | my $SupersedeMID; | |
79 | ||
0c6ebe78 | 80 | my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq,$Expire) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'},$$_{'expires'}); |
dc88d139 TH |
81 | my ($From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2)=($$_{'from'},$$_{'subject'},$$_{'ngs'},$$_{'fup2'}); |
82 | my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'extraheader'}); | |
83 | my ($Supersede) =($$_{'supersede'}); | |
4251e545 | 84 | |
b9550622 | 85 | # -f: loop if not FAQ to post |
4251e545 TH |
86 | next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq); |
87 | ||
b9550622 | 88 | # read status data |
dc88d139 TH |
89 | if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) { |
90 | while(<FH>){ | |
91 | if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){ | |
92 | ($LPD, $LPM, $LPY) = ($1, $2, $3); | |
93 | } elsif (/^##;;\s*LastMID:\s*(<\S+@\S+>)\s*$/) { | |
94 | $SupersedeMID = $1; | |
95 | } | |
96 | } | |
97 | close FH; | |
98 | } else { | |
74407146 | 99 | warn "$0: W: Couldn't open $File.cfg: $!\n"; |
dc88d139 TH |
100 | } |
101 | ||
102 | $SupersedeMID = "" unless $Supersede; | |
103 | ||
0c6ebe78 TH |
104 | ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq); |
105 | ||
b9550622 | 106 | # if FAQ is due: get it out |
4251e545 TH |
107 | if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 or ($Options{'p'})) { |
108 | if($Options{'d'}) { | |
109 | print "$ActName: Would be posted now (but running in simulation mode [$0 -d]).\n" if $Options{'v'}; | |
110 | } else { | |
2507947f | 111 | postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Config{'Sender'},\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire); |
4251e545 TH |
112 | } |
113 | } elsif($Options{'v'}) { | |
114 | print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n"; | |
dc88d139 TH |
115 | } |
116 | } | |
117 | ||
118 | exit; | |
119 | ||
d60c2d5f TH |
120 | #################################### readrc #################################### |
121 | # Takes a filename and the reference to an array which contains the valid options | |
122 | ||
123 | sub readrc{ | |
124 | my ($File, $Config) = @_; | |
125 | ||
126 | print "Reading $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'}); | |
127 | ||
128 | open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: Can't open $$File: $!"; | |
129 | while (<FH>) { | |
130 | if (/^\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)/) { | |
131 | if (grep(/$1/,@ValidConfVars)) { | |
132 | $$Config{$1} = $2 if $2 ne ''; | |
133 | } else { | |
134 | warn "$0: W: $1 is not a valid configuration variable (reading from $$File)\n"; | |
135 | } | |
136 | } | |
137 | } | |
138 | } | |
139 | ||
dc88d139 | 140 | ################################## readconfig ################################## |
4251e545 TH |
141 | # Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with |
142 | # the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post | |
dc88d139 TH |
143 | |
144 | sub readconfig{ | |
4251e545 | 145 | my ($File, $Config, $Faq) = @_; |
dc88d139 TH |
146 | my ($LastEntry, $Error, $i) = ('','',0); |
147 | ||
b802358a | 148 | print "Reading configuration from $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'}); |
4251e545 | 149 | |
74407146 | 150 | open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File: $!"; |
dc88d139 | 151 | while (<FH>) { |
4251e545 | 152 | next if (defined($$Faq) && !/^\s*=====\s*$/ && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq ); |
dc88d139 TH |
153 | if (/^(\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)|^(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$))/ && not /^\s*$/) { |
154 | $LastEntry = lc($2) if $2; | |
155 | $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= $3 if $3; | |
156 | $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= "\n$5" if $5 && $5; | |
157 | } | |
158 | if (/^\s*=====\s*$/) { | |
159 | $i++; | |
160 | } | |
161 | } | |
162 | close FH; | |
163 | ||
164 | #Check saved values: | |
165 | for $i (0..$i){ | |
4251e545 | 166 | next if (defined($$Faq) && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq ); |
dbca4ad8 TH |
167 | unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} =~ /^\S+$/) { |
168 | $Error .= "E: The name of your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n" | |
dc88d139 | 169 | } |
dbca4ad8 TH |
170 | unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'file'}) && -f $$Config[$i]{'file'}) { |
171 | $Error .= "E: The file to post for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or does not exist.\n" | |
172 | } | |
173 | unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'from'}) && $$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) { | |
174 | $Error .= "E: The From header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n" | |
175 | } | |
176 | unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'ngs'}) && $$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) { | |
177 | $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n" | |
178 | } | |
179 | unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'subject'})) { | |
180 | $Error .= "E: The Subject header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined.\n" | |
dc88d139 TH |
181 | } |
182 | unless(!$$Config[$i]{'fup2'} || $$Config[$i]{'fup2'} =~ /^\S+$/) { | |
dbca4ad8 | 183 | $Error .= "E: The Followup-To header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n" |
dc88d139 | 184 | } |
dbca4ad8 | 185 | unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'}) && $$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) { |
74407146 | 186 | $Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n" |
dc88d139 | 187 | } |
5ddba442 | 188 | unless(!$$Config[$i]{'expires'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) { |
ac69c3ee TH |
189 | warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n"; |
190 | $$Config[$i]{'expires'} = '3m'; # set default (3 month) if expires is unset or invalid | |
0c6ebe78 | 191 | } |
8f067a2f | 192 | unless(!$$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} || $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>/) { |
ac69c3ee TH |
193 | warn "$0: W: The Message-ID format for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be invalid - set to default.\n"; |
194 | $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>'; # set default if mid-format is invalid | |
40847f71 | 195 | } |
dc88d139 | 196 | } |
dbca4ad8 | 197 | $Error .= "-" x 25 . 'program terminated' . "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error; |
dc88d139 TH |
198 | die $Error if $Error; |
199 | } | |
200 | ||
0c6ebe78 TH |
201 | ################################# calcdelta ################################# |
202 | # Takes a date (year, month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...) | |
203 | # and adds the latter to the former | |
204 | ||
205 | sub calcdelta { | |
206 | my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_; | |
207 | my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay); | |
208 | ||
209 | if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days. | |
210 | ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1)); | |
211 | } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM | |
212 | ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0))); | |
213 | } | |
214 | return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay); | |
215 | } | |
5a6670c7 TH |
216 | |
217 | ################################ updatestatus ############################### | |
218 | # Takes a MID and a status file name | |
219 | # and writes status information to disk | |
220 | ||
221 | sub updatestatus { | |
222 | my ($ActName, $File, $date, $MID) = @_; | |
223 | ||
224 | print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n" if($Options{'v'}); | |
225 | ||
226 | open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!"; | |
227 | print FH "##;; Lastpost: $date\n"; | |
228 | print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n"; | |
229 | close FH; | |
230 | } | |
0c6ebe78 | 231 | |
dc88d139 TH |
232 | ################################## postfaq ################################## |
233 | # Takes a filename and many other vars. | |
234 | # | |
235 | # It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article. | |
236 | ||
237 | sub postfaq { | |
0c6ebe78 | 238 | my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_; |
dc88d139 TH |
239 | my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified); |
240 | ||
366322b2 | 241 | print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n" if($Options{'v'}); |
4251e545 | 242 | |
dc88d139 TH |
243 | #Prepare MID: |
244 | $$TDM = ($$TDM < 10 && $$TDM !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDM : $$TDM; | |
245 | $$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD; | |
13ce8c26 | 246 | my $Timestamp = time; |
dc88d139 TH |
247 | |
248 | $MID = $$MIDF; | |
ac69c3ee | 249 | $MID = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($MID); # set to default if unset |
dc88d139 TH |
250 | $MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g; |
251 | $MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g; | |
252 | $MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g; | |
253 | $MID =~ s/\%y/$$TDY/g; | |
13ce8c26 | 254 | $MID =~ s/\%t/$Timestamp/g; |
dc88d139 | 255 | |
dc88d139 TH |
256 | #Now get the body: |
257 | open (FH, "<$$File"); | |
258 | while (<FH>){ | |
259 | s/\r//; | |
260 | push (@Body, $_), next if $InRealBody; | |
261 | $InRealBody++ if /^$/; | |
8e1cb154 | 262 | $LastModified = $1 if /^Last-modified: (\S+)$/i; |
dc88d139 TH |
263 | push @Body, $_; |
264 | } | |
265 | close FH; | |
266 | push @Body, "\n" if ($Body[-1] ne "\n"); | |
267 | ||
268 | #Create Date- and Expires-Header: | |
269 | my @time = localtime; | |
270 | my $ss = ($time[0]<10) ? "0" . $time[0] : $time[0]; | |
271 | my $mm = ($time[1]<10) ? "0" . $time[1] : $time[1]; | |
272 | my $hh = ($time[2]<10) ? "0" . $time[2] : $time[2]; | |
273 | my $day = $time[3]; | |
274 | my $month = ($time[4]+1<10) ? "0" . ($time[4]+1) : $time[4]+1; | |
275 | my $monthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$time[4]]; | |
276 | my $wday = ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")[$time[6]]; | |
277 | my $year = (1900 + $time[5]); | |
278 | my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100"; | |
7823ece9 TH |
279 | |
280 | $$Expire = '3m' if !$$Expire; # set default if unset: 3 month | |
281 | ||
0c6ebe78 | 282 | my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = calcdelta ($year,$month,$day,$$Expire); |
dc88d139 TH |
283 | my $expmonthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$expM-1]; |
284 | ||
285 | my $date = "$day $monthN $year " . $hh . ":" . $mm . ":" . $ss . $tz; | |
286 | my $expdate = "$expD $expmonthN $expY $hh:$mm:$ss$tz"; | |
0c6ebe78 | 287 | |
dc88d139 TH |
288 | #Replace %LM by the content of the news.answer-pseudo-header Last-modified: |
289 | if ($LastModified) { | |
290 | $$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/; | |
291 | } | |
292 | ||
4251e545 TH |
293 | # Test mode? |
294 | if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) { | |
295 | $$NG = $Options{'t'}; | |
296 | } | |
297 | ||
dc88d139 TH |
298 | #Now create the complete Header: |
299 | push @Header, "From: $$From\n"; | |
300 | push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n"; | |
301 | push @Header, "Followup-To: $$Fup2\n" if $$Fup2; | |
302 | push @Header, "Subject: $$Subject\n"; | |
303 | push @Header, "Message-ID: $MID\n"; | |
304 | push @Header, "Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes; | |
305 | push @Header, "Date: $date\n"; | |
306 | push @Header, "Expires: $expdate\n"; | |
307 | push @Header, "Sender: $$Sender\n" if $$Sender; | |
308 | push @Header, "Mime-Version: 1.0\n"; | |
309 | push @Header, "Reply-To: $$ReplyTo\n" if $$ReplyTo; | |
310 | push @Header, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n"; | |
311 | push @Header, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"; | |
312 | push @Header, "User-Agent: yapfaq/$Version\n"; | |
313 | if ($$ExtraHeaders) { | |
314 | push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders); | |
315 | } | |
316 | ||
0e741504 TH |
317 | my @Article = (@Header, "\n", @Body); |
318 | ||
b9550622 | 319 | # post article |
366322b2 | 320 | print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n" if($Options{'v'}); |
5a6670c7 TH |
321 | my $failure = post(\@Article); |
322 | ||
323 | if ($failure) { | |
324 | print "$$ActName: Posting failed, ERROR.dat may have more information.\n" if($Options{'v'} && (!defined($Options{'t'}) || $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i)); | |
325 | } else { | |
326 | updatestatus($ActName, $File, "$day.$month.$year", $MID) if !defined($Options{'t'}); | |
327 | } | |
dc88d139 TH |
328 | } |
329 | ||
330 | ################################## post ################################## | |
331 | # Takes a complete article (Header and Body). | |
332 | # | |
333 | # It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message. | |
334 | ||
335 | sub post { | |
336 | my ($ArticleR) = @_; | |
5a6670c7 | 337 | my ($failure) = -1; |
dc88d139 | 338 | |
5a6670c7 | 339 | # test mode - print article to console |
4251e545 | 340 | if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) { |
55bfbd3c | 341 | print "-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n"; |
5a6670c7 | 342 | print @$ArticleR; |
55bfbd3c | 343 | print "------END---------------------------------------------------\n"; |
5a6670c7 TH |
344 | # pipe article to script |
345 | } elsif(defined($Options{'s'})) { | |
b855559e TH |
346 | open (POST, "| $Options{'s'}") or die "$0: E: Cannot fork $Options{'s'}: $!\n"; |
347 | print POST @$ArticleR; | |
348 | close POST; | |
5a6670c7 TH |
349 | if ($? == 0) { |
350 | $failure = 0; | |
351 | } else { | |
352 | warn "$0: W: $Options{'s'} exited with status ", ($? >> 8), "\n"; | |
353 | $failure = $?; | |
354 | } | |
355 | # post article | |
356 | } else { | |
357 | my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($Config{'NNTPServer'}, Reader => 1) or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$Config{'NNTPServer'}'!\n"; | |
358 | $NewsConnection->authinfo ($Config{'NNTPUser'}, $Config{'NNTPPass'}) if (defined($Config{'NNTPUser'})); | |
359 | $NewsConnection->post(); | |
360 | $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR); | |
361 | $NewsConnection->dataend(); | |
362 | ||
363 | if ($NewsConnection->ok()) { | |
364 | $failure = 0; | |
365 | # Posting failed? Save to ERROR.dat | |
366 | } else { | |
367 | warn "$0: W: Posting failed!\n"; | |
368 | open FH, ">>ERROR.dat"; | |
369 | print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n"; | |
370 | print FH $NewsConnection->code(); | |
371 | print FH $NewsConnection->message(); | |
372 | print FH "\n"; | |
373 | print FH @$ArticleR; | |
374 | print FH "-" x 80, "\n"; | |
375 | close FH; | |
376 | } | |
377 | $NewsConnection->quit(); | |
dc88d139 | 378 | } |
5a6670c7 | 379 | return $failure; |
dc88d139 TH |
380 | } |
381 | ||
272b0243 TH |
382 | __END__ |
383 | ||
384 | ################################ Documentation ################################# | |
385 | ||
386 | =head1 NAME | |
387 | ||
388 | yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)> | |
389 | ||
390 | =head1 SYNOPSIS | |
391 | ||
9817f98a | 392 | B<yapfaq> [B<-Vhvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>] [B<-c> I<.rc file>] |
272b0243 TH |
393 | |
394 | =head1 REQUIREMENTS | |
395 | ||
396 | =over 2 | |
397 | ||
398 | =item - | |
399 | ||
400 | Perl 5.8 or later | |
401 | ||
402 | =item - | |
403 | ||
404 | Net::NNTP | |
405 | ||
406 | =item - | |
407 | ||
408 | Date::Calc | |
409 | ||
410 | =item - | |
411 | ||
412 | Getopt::Std | |
413 | ||
414 | =back | |
415 | ||
416 | Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs. | |
417 | ||
418 | =head1 DESCRIPTION | |
419 | ||
420 | B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting | |
421 | frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary | |
422 | headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>). | |
423 | ||
424 | =head2 Configuration | |
425 | ||
426 | F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on | |
427 | a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set | |
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428 | of definitions in the form of I<param = value>. Everything after a "#" |
429 | sign is ignored so you may comment your configuration file. | |
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430 | |
431 | =over 4 | |
432 | ||
433 | =item B<Name> = I<project name> | |
434 | ||
435 | A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID. | |
436 | ||
437 | This value must be set. | |
438 | ||
439 | =item B<File> = I<file name> | |
440 | ||
441 | A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers | |
442 | (subheaders in the news.answers style). | |
443 | ||
444 | This value must be set. | |
445 | ||
446 | =item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period> | |
447 | ||
448 | The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted. | |
449 | B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed | |
450 | since the last posting. | |
451 | ||
452 | You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks> | |
453 | or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>. | |
454 | ||
455 | This value must be set. | |
456 | ||
ac69c3ee | 457 | =item B<Expires> = I<time period> (optional) |
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458 | |
459 | The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires | |
460 | header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date. | |
461 | ||
462 | You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks> | |
463 | or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>. | |
464 | ||
ac69c3ee | 465 | This setting is optional; the default is 3 months. |
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466 | |
467 | =item B<From> = I<author> | |
468 | ||
469 | The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the | |
470 | message. | |
471 | ||
472 | This value must be set. | |
473 | ||
474 | =item B<Subject> = I<subject> | |
475 | ||
476 | The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the | |
477 | message. | |
478 | ||
479 | You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with | |
480 | the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>. | |
481 | ||
482 | This value must be set. | |
483 | ||
484 | =item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups> | |
485 | ||
486 | A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will | |
487 | appear in the Newsgroups header of the message. | |
488 | ||
489 | This value must be set. | |
490 | ||
ac69c3ee | 491 | =item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster> (optional) |
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492 | |
493 | A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster> | |
494 | as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message. | |
495 | ||
496 | This setting is optional. | |
497 | ||
ac69c3ee | 498 | =item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern> (optional) |
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499 | |
500 | A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in | |
501 | the Message-ID header of the message. | |
502 | ||
503 | You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project, | |
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504 | C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month, C<%y> |
505 | for the year and C<%t> for a time stamp (number of seconds since the | |
506 | epoch), respectively. | |
272b0243 | 507 | |
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508 | This setting is optional; the default is '<%n-%d.%m.%y@I<YOURHOST>>' |
509 | where I<YOURHOST> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the | |
510 | host B<yapfaq> is running on. Obviously that will only work if you | |
511 | have defined a reasonable hostname that the hostfqdn() function of | |
512 | Net::Domain can return. | |
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ac69c3ee | 514 | =item B<Supersede> = I<yes> (optional) |
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515 | |
516 | Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header | |
517 | of the last posting. | |
518 | ||
519 | This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out. | |
520 | ||
ac69c3ee | 521 | =item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers> (optional) |
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522 | |
523 | The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of | |
524 | your message so you can add custom headers like Approved. | |
525 | ||
526 | This setting is optional. | |
527 | ||
528 | =back | |
529 | ||
227afd47 | 530 | =head3 Example configuration file |
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531 | |
532 | # name of your project | |
533 | Name = 'testpost' | |
534 | ||
535 | # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers) | |
536 | # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID) | |
537 | File = 'test.txt' | |
538 | ||
539 | # how often your project should be posted | |
540 | # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear | |
541 | Posting-frequency = '1d' | |
542 | ||
543 | # time period after which the posting should expire | |
544 | # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear | |
ac69c3ee | 545 | # Expires = '3m' |
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546 | |
547 | # header "From:" | |
548 | From = 'test@domain.invalid' | |
549 | ||
550 | # header "Subject:" | |
551 | # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the | |
552 | # Last-Modified pseudo header). | |
553 | Subject = 'test noreply ignore' | |
554 | ||
555 | # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to | |
556 | # (header "Newsgroups:") | |
557 | NGs = 'de.test' | |
558 | ||
559 | # header "Followup-To:" | |
ac69c3ee | 560 | # Fup2 = 'poster' |
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561 | |
562 | # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name) | |
ac69c3ee | 563 | # MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>' |
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564 | |
565 | # Supersede last posting? | |
566 | Supersede = yes | |
567 | ||
568 | # extra headers (appended verbatim) | |
569 | # use this for custom headers like "Approved:" | |
570 | ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid | |
571 | X-Header: Some text' | |
572 | ||
573 | # other projects may follow separated with "=====" | |
574 | ===== | |
575 | ||
576 | Name = 'othertest' | |
577 | File = 'test.txt' | |
578 | Posting-frequency = '2m' | |
579 | From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>' | |
580 | Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>' | |
581 | NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test' | |
582 | Fup2 = 'de.test' | |
583 | MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>' | |
584 | Supersede = yes | |
585 | ||
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586 | =head3 Status Information |
587 | ||
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588 | Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for |
589 | posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be | |
590 | generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will | |
591 | contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ | |
592 | was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation. | |
593 | ||
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594 | =head2 Runtime Configuration |
595 | ||
596 | Apart from configuring which FAQ(s) to post you may (re)set some | |
597 | runtime configuration variables via the .rcfile (by default | |
598 | F<.yapfaqrc>). F<.yapfaqrc> must contain one definition in the form of | |
599 | I<param = value> on each line; everything after a "#" sign is ignored. | |
600 | ||
601 | If you omit some settings they will be set to default values hardcoded | |
602 | in F<yapfaq.pl>. | |
603 | ||
604 | B<Please note that all parameter names are case-sensitive!> | |
605 | ||
606 | =over 4 | |
607 | ||
608 | =item B<NNTPServer> = I<NNTP server> (mandatory) | |
609 | ||
610 | Host name of the NNTP server to post to. Must be set (or omitted; the | |
611 | default is "localhost"); if set to en empty string, B<yapfaq> falls | |
612 | back to Perl's build-in defaults (contents of environment variables | |
613 | NNTPSERVER and NEWSHOST; if not set, default from Net::Config; if not | |
614 | set, "news" is used). | |
615 | ||
616 | =item B<NNTPUser> = I<user name> (optional) | |
617 | ||
618 | User name used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO | |
619 | USER>). | |
620 | ||
621 | This setting is optional; if it is not set, I<NNTPPass> is ignored and | |
622 | no authentication is tried. | |
623 | ||
624 | =item B<NNTPPass> = I<password> (optional) | |
625 | ||
626 | Password used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO | |
627 | PASS>). | |
628 | ||
629 | This setting is optional; it must be set if I<NNTPUser> is present. | |
630 | ||
631 | =item B<Sender> = I<Sender header> (optional) | |
632 | ||
633 | The Sender header that will be added to every posted message. | |
634 | ||
635 | This setting is optional. | |
636 | ||
637 | =item B<ConfigFile> = I<configuration file> (mandatory) | |
638 | ||
639 | The configuration file defining the FAQ(s) to post. Must be set (or | |
640 | omitted; the default is "yapfaq.cfg"). | |
641 | ||
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642 | =back |
643 | ||
644 | =head3 Example runtime configuration file | |
645 | ||
646 | NNTPServer = 'localhost' | |
647 | NNTPUser = '' | |
648 | NNTPPass = '' | |
649 | Sender = '' | |
650 | ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg' | |
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651 | |
652 | =head3 Using more than one runtime configuration | |
653 | ||
654 | You may use more than one runtime configuration file with the B<-c> | |
655 | option (see below). | |
656 | ||
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657 | =head1 OPTIONS |
658 | ||
659 | =over 3 | |
660 | ||
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661 | =item B<-V> (version) |
662 | ||
663 | Print out version and copyright information on B<yapfaq> and exit. | |
664 | ||
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665 | =item B<-h> (help) |
666 | ||
ae3b1b79 | 667 | Print this man page and exit. |
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668 | |
669 | =item B<-v> (verbose) | |
670 | ||
671 | Print out status information while running to STDOUT. | |
672 | ||
673 | =item B<-p> (post unconditionally) | |
674 | ||
675 | Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting. | |
676 | ||
677 | You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below). | |
678 | ||
679 | =item B<-d> (dry run) | |
680 | ||
681 | Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't | |
682 | update any status information. | |
683 | ||
684 | =item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test) | |
685 | ||
686 | Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the | |
687 | newsgroups given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or print the | |
688 | FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special string | |
689 | C<CONSOLE> is given. This can be used to preview what B<yapfaq> would | |
690 | do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. The status files are not | |
691 | updated when this option is given. | |
692 | ||
693 | You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below). | |
694 | ||
695 | =item B<-f> I<project name> | |
696 | ||
697 | Just deal with one FAQ only. | |
698 | ||
699 | By default B<yapfaq> will work on all FAQs that are defined in | |
700 | F<yapfaq.cfg>, check whether they are due for posting and - if they | |
701 | are - post them. Consequently when the B<-p> option is set all FAQs | |
702 | will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to | |
703 | achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ | |
704 | only. | |
705 | ||
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706 | =item B<-s> I<program> (pipe to script) |
707 | ||
708 | Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external | |
709 | I<program> on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return | |
710 | value of 0 will be considered success. | |
711 | ||
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712 | For example, you may want to use the I<inews> utility from the INN package |
713 | or the much more powerful replacement I<tinews.pl> from | |
714 | I<ftp://ftp.tin.org/tin/tools/tinews.pl> which is able to sign postings. | |
715 | ||
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716 | =item B<-c> I<.rc file> |
717 | ||
718 | Load another runtime configuration file (.rc file) than F<.yaofaq.rc>. | |
719 | ||
720 | You may for example define another usenet server to post your FAQ(s) | |
721 | to or load another configuration file defining (an)other FAQ(s). | |
722 | ||
272b0243 TH |
723 | =back |
724 | ||
725 | =head1 EXAMPLES | |
726 | ||
727 | Post all FAQs that are due for posting: | |
728 | ||
729 | yapfaq | |
730 | ||
731 | Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted: | |
732 | ||
733 | yapfaq -dv | |
734 | ||
735 | Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look | |
736 | like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not: | |
737 | ||
738 | yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq | |
739 | ||
740 | Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only | |
741 | if it is due: | |
742 | ||
743 | yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq | |
744 | ||
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745 | Post all FAQs (that are due for posting) using inews from INN: |
746 | ||
747 | yapfaq -s inews | |
748 | ||
749 | Do a dry run using a runtime configuration from .alternaterc, showing | |
750 | which FAQs would be posted: | |
751 | ||
752 | yapfaq -dvc .alternaterc | |
753 | ||
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754 | =head1 ENVIRONMENT |
755 | ||
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756 | =over 4 |
757 | ||
758 | =item NNTPSERVER | |
759 | ||
760 | The default NNTP server to post to, used by the Net::NNTP module. You | |
761 | can also specify the server using the runtime configuration file (by | |
762 | default F<.yapfaqrc>). | |
763 | ||
764 | =back | |
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765 | |
766 | =head1 FILES | |
767 | ||
768 | =over 4 | |
769 | ||
770 | =item F<yapfaq.pl> | |
771 | ||
772 | The script itself. | |
773 | ||
227afd47 TH |
774 | =item F<.yapfaqrc> |
775 | ||
776 | Runtime configuration file for B<yapfaq>. | |
777 | ||
272b0243 TH |
778 | =item F<yapfaq.cfg> |
779 | ||
780 | Configuration file for B<yapfaq>. | |
781 | ||
782 | =item F<*.cfg> | |
783 | ||
784 | Status data on FAQs. | |
785 | ||
786 | The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't | |
787 | already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last | |
788 | time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of | |
789 | the last post of that FAQ. | |
790 | ||
791 | =back | |
792 | ||
793 | =head1 BUGS | |
794 | ||
795 | Many, I'm sure. | |
796 | ||
797 | =head1 SEE ALSO | |
798 | ||
799 | L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current | |
800 | version of this program. | |
801 | ||
802 | =head1 AUTHOR | |
803 | ||
804 | Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> | |
805 | ||
227afd47 | 806 | Original author (up to version 0.5b, dating from 2003): |
272b0243 TH |
807 | Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de> |
808 | ||
272b0243 TH |
809 | =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE |
810 | ||
811 | Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de> | |
812 | ||
813 | Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net> | |
814 | ||
815 | This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it | |
816 | under the same terms as Perl itself. | |
817 | ||
818 | =cut |