3 # yapfaq Version 0.7 by Thomas Hochstein
4 # (Original author: Marc Brockschmidt)
6 # This script posts any project described in its config-file. Most people
7 # will use it in combination with cron(8).
9 # Copyright (C) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
10 # Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
12 # It can be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms under
13 # which Perl itself is published.
15 my $Version = "0.8-prelease";
17 # Please do not change this setting!
18 # You may override the default .rc file (.yapfaqrc) by using "-c .rc file"
19 my $RCFile = '.yapfaqrc';
20 # Valid configuration variables for use in a .rc file
21 my @ValidConfVars = ('NNTPServer','NNTPUser','NNTPPass','Sender','ConfigFile','Program');
23 ################################### Defaults ###################################
24 # Please do not change anything in here!
25 # Use a runtime configuration file (.yapfaqrc by default) to override defaults.
26 my %Config = (NNTPServer => "",
30 ConfigFile => "yapfaq.cfg",
33 ################################# Main program #################################
37 use Net::Domain qw(hostfqdn);
38 use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today);
39 use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants
41 my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date
43 # read commandline options
45 getopts('Vhvpdt:f:c:s:', \%Options);
46 # -V: print version / copyright information
48 print "$0 v $Version\nCopyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc\@marcbrockschmidt.de>\nCopyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh\@inter.net>\n";
49 print "This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.\n";
52 # -h: feed myself to perldoc
58 my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'});
60 # read runtime configuration (configuration variables)
61 $RCFile = $Options{'c'} if ($Options{'c'});
63 readrc (\$RCFile,\%Config);
65 warn "$0: W: .rc file $RCFile does not exist!\n";
68 $Options{'s'} = $Config{'Program'} if (!defined($Options{'s'}));
70 # read configuration (configured FAQs)
72 readconfig (\$Config{'ConfigFile'}, \@Config, \$Faq);
75 # - parse configuration
77 # - if FAQ is due: call postfaq()
79 my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001); #LP: Last posting-date
80 my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD); #NP: Next posting-date
83 my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq,$Expire) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'},$$_{'expires'});
84 my ($From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2)=($$_{'from'},$$_{'subject'},$$_{'ngs'},$$_{'fup2'});
85 my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'extraheader'});
86 my ($Supersede) =($$_{'supersede'});
88 # -f: loop if not FAQ to post
89 next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq);
92 if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) {
94 if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){
95 ($LPD, $LPM, $LPY) = ($1, $2, $3);
96 } elsif (/^##;;\s*LastMID:\s*(<\S+@\S+>)\s*$/) {
102 warn "$0: W: Couldn't open $File.cfg: $!\n";
105 $SupersedeMID = "" unless $Supersede;
107 ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq);
109 # if FAQ is due: get it out
110 if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 or ($Options{'p'})) {
112 print "$ActName: Would be posted now (but running in simulation mode [$0 -d]).\n" if $Options{'v'};
114 postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Config{'Sender'},\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire);
116 } elsif($Options{'v'}) {
117 print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n";
123 #################################### readrc ####################################
124 # Takes a filename and the reference to an array which contains the valid options
127 my ($File, $Config) = @_;
129 print "Reading $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'});
131 open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: Can't open $$File: $!";
133 if (/^\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)/) {
134 if (grep(/$1/,@ValidConfVars)) {
135 $$Config{$1} = $2 if $2 ne '';
137 warn "$0: W: $1 is not a valid configuration variable (reading from $$File)\n";
143 ################################## readconfig ##################################
144 # Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with
145 # the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post
148 my ($File, $Config, $Faq) = @_;
149 my ($LastEntry, $Error, $i) = ('','',0);
151 print "Reading configuration from $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'});
153 open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File: $!";
155 next if (defined($$Faq) && !/^\s*=====\s*$/ && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
156 if (/^(\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)|^(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$))/ && not /^\s*$/) {
157 $LastEntry = lc($2) if $2;
158 $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= $3 if $3;
159 $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= "\n$5" if $5 && $5;
161 if (/^\s*=====\s*$/) {
169 next if (defined($$Faq) && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
170 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
171 $Error .= "E: The name of your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n"
173 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'file'}) && -f $$Config[$i]{'file'}) {
174 $Error .= "E: The file to post for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or does not exist.\n"
176 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'from'}) && $$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) {
177 $Error .= "E: The From header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n"
179 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'ngs'}) && $$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
180 $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n"
182 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'subject'})) {
183 $Error .= "E: The Subject header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined.\n"
185 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'fup2'} || $$Config[$i]{'fup2'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
186 $Error .= "E: The Followup-To header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n"
188 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'}) && $$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
189 $Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n"
191 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'expires'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
192 warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
193 $$Config[$i]{'expires'} = '3m'; # set default (3 month) if expires is unset or invalid
195 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} || $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>/) {
196 warn "$0: W: The Message-ID format for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be invalid - set to default.\n";
197 $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>'; # set default if mid-format is invalid
200 $Error .= "-" x 25 . 'program terminated' . "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
201 die $Error if $Error;
204 ################################# calcdelta #################################
205 # Takes a date (year, month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...)
206 # and adds the latter to the former
209 my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_;
210 my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
212 if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
213 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
214 } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
215 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
217 return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
220 ################################ updatestatus ###############################
221 # Takes a MID and a status file name
222 # and writes status information to disk
225 my ($ActName, $File, $date, $MID) = @_;
227 print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n" if($Options{'v'});
229 open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!";
230 print FH "##;; Lastpost: $date\n";
231 print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n";
235 ################################## postfaq ##################################
236 # Takes a filename and many other vars.
238 # It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article.
241 my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_;
242 my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified);
244 print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n" if($Options{'v'});
247 $$TDM = ($$TDM < 10 && $$TDM !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDM : $$TDM;
248 $$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD;
249 my $Timestamp = time;
252 $MID = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($MID); # set to default if unset
253 $MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g;
254 $MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g;
255 $MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g;
256 $MID =~ s/\%y/$$TDY/g;
257 $MID =~ s/\%t/$Timestamp/g;
260 open (FH, "<$$File");
263 push (@Body, $_), next if $InRealBody;
264 $InRealBody++ if /^$/;
265 $LastModified = $1 if /^Last-modified: (\S+)$/i;
269 push @Body, "\n" if ($Body[-1] ne "\n");
271 #Create Date- and Expires-Header:
272 my @time = localtime;
273 my $ss = ($time[0]<10) ? "0" . $time[0] : $time[0];
274 my $mm = ($time[1]<10) ? "0" . $time[1] : $time[1];
275 my $hh = ($time[2]<10) ? "0" . $time[2] : $time[2];
277 my $month = ($time[4]+1<10) ? "0" . ($time[4]+1) : $time[4]+1;
278 my $monthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$time[4]];
279 my $wday = ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")[$time[6]];
280 my $year = (1900 + $time[5]);
281 my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100";
283 $$Expire = '3m' if !$$Expire; # set default if unset: 3 month
285 my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = calcdelta ($year,$month,$day,$$Expire);
286 my $expmonthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$expM-1];
288 my $date = "$day $monthN $year " . $hh . ":" . $mm . ":" . $ss . $tz;
289 my $expdate = "$expD $expmonthN $expY $hh:$mm:$ss$tz";
291 #Replace %LM by the content of the news.answer-pseudo-header Last-modified:
293 $$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/;
297 if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) {
298 $$NG = $Options{'t'};
301 #Now create the complete Header:
302 push @Header, "From: $$From\n";
303 push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n";
304 push @Header, "Followup-To: $$Fup2\n" if $$Fup2;
305 push @Header, "Subject: $$Subject\n";
306 push @Header, "Message-ID: $MID\n";
307 push @Header, "Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
308 push @Header, "Date: $date\n";
309 push @Header, "Expires: $expdate\n";
310 push @Header, "Sender: $$Sender\n" if $$Sender;
311 push @Header, "Mime-Version: 1.0\n";
312 push @Header, "Reply-To: $$ReplyTo\n" if $$ReplyTo;
313 push @Header, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n";
314 push @Header, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
315 push @Header, "User-Agent: yapfaq/$Version\n";
316 if ($$ExtraHeaders) {
317 push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders);
320 my @Article = (@Header, "\n", @Body);
323 print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n" if($Options{'v'});
324 my $failure = post(\@Article);
327 print "$$ActName: Posting failed, ERROR.dat may have more information.\n" if($Options{'v'} && (!defined($Options{'t'}) || $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i));
329 updatestatus($ActName, $File, "$day.$month.$year", $MID) if !defined($Options{'t'});
333 ################################## post ##################################
334 # Takes a complete article (Header and Body).
336 # It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message.
342 # test mode - print article to console
343 if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
344 print "-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
346 print "------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
347 # pipe article to script
348 } elsif(defined($Options{'s'})) {
349 open (POST, "| $Options{'s'}") or die "$0: E: Cannot fork $Options{'s'}: $!\n";
350 print POST @$ArticleR;
355 warn "$0: W: $Options{'s'} exited with status ", ($? >> 8), "\n";
360 my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($Config{'NNTPServer'}, Reader => 1) or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$Config{'NNTPServer'}'!\n";
361 $NewsConnection->authinfo ($Config{'NNTPUser'}, $Config{'NNTPPass'}) if (defined($Config{'NNTPUser'}));
362 $NewsConnection->post();
363 $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR);
364 $NewsConnection->dataend();
366 if ($NewsConnection->ok()) {
368 # Posting failed? Save to ERROR.dat
370 warn "$0: W: Posting failed!\n";
371 open FH, ">>ERROR.dat";
372 print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n";
373 print FH $NewsConnection->code();
374 print FH $NewsConnection->message();
377 print FH "-" x 80, "\n";
380 $NewsConnection->quit();
387 ################################ Documentation #################################
391 yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
395 B<yapfaq> [B<-Vhvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>] [B<-c> I<.rc file>]
419 Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
423 B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
424 frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
425 headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
429 F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
430 a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
431 of definitions in the form of I<param = value>. Everything after a "#"
432 sign is ignored so you may comment your configuration file.
436 =item B<Name> = I<project name>
438 A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
440 This value must be set.
442 =item B<File> = I<file name>
444 A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
445 (subheaders in the news.answers style).
447 This value must be set.
449 =item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
451 The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
452 B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
453 since the last posting.
455 You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
456 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
458 This value must be set.
460 =item B<Expires> = I<time period> (optional)
462 The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
463 header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
465 You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
466 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
468 This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
470 =item B<From> = I<author>
472 The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
475 This value must be set.
477 =item B<Subject> = I<subject>
479 The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
482 You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with
483 the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
485 This value must be set.
487 =item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups>
489 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
490 appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
492 This value must be set.
494 =item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster> (optional)
496 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
497 as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
499 This setting is optional.
501 =item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern> (optional)
503 A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
504 the Message-ID header of the message.
506 You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project,
507 C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month, C<%y>
508 for the year and C<%t> for a time stamp (number of seconds since the
509 epoch), respectively.
511 This setting is optional; the default is '<%n-%d.%m.%y@I<YOURHOST>>'
512 where I<YOURHOST> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the
513 host B<yapfaq> is running on. Obviously that will only work if you
514 have defined a reasonable hostname that the hostfqdn() function of
515 Net::Domain can return.
517 =item B<Supersede> = I<yes> (optional)
519 Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
522 This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
524 =item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers> (optional)
526 The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
527 your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
529 This setting is optional.
533 =head3 Example configuration file
535 # name of your project
538 # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
539 # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
542 # how often your project should be posted
543 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
544 Posting-frequency = '1d'
546 # time period after which the posting should expire
547 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
551 From = 'test@domain.invalid'
554 # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
555 # Last-Modified pseudo header).
556 Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
558 # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
559 # (header "Newsgroups:")
562 # header "Followup-To:"
565 # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
566 # MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
568 # Supersede last posting?
571 # extra headers (appended verbatim)
572 # use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
573 ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
576 # other projects may follow separated with "====="
581 Posting-frequency = '2m'
582 From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
583 Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
584 NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
586 MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
589 =head3 Status Information
591 Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
592 posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
593 generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
594 contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
595 was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
597 =head2 Runtime Configuration
599 Apart from configuring which FAQ(s) to post you may (re)set some
600 runtime configuration variables via the .rcfile (by default
601 F<.yapfaqrc>). F<.yapfaqrc> must contain one definition in the form of
602 I<param = value> on each line; everything after a "#" sign is ignored.
604 If you omit some settings they will be set to default values hardcoded
607 B<Please note that all parameter names are case-sensitive!>
611 =item B<NNTPServer> = I<NNTP server> (mandatory)
613 Host name of the NNTP server to post to. Must be set (or omitted; the
614 default is "localhost"); if set to en empty string, B<yapfaq> falls
615 back to Perl's build-in defaults (contents of environment variables
616 NNTPSERVER and NEWSHOST; if not set, default from Net::Config; if not
617 set, "news" is used).
619 =item B<NNTPUser> = I<user name> (optional)
621 User name used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
624 This setting is optional; if it is not set, I<NNTPPass> is ignored and
625 no authentication is tried.
627 =item B<NNTPPass> = I<password> (optional)
629 Password used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
632 This setting is optional; it must be set if I<NNTPUser> is present.
634 =item B<Sender> = I<Sender header> (optional)
636 The Sender header that will be added to every posted message.
638 This setting is optional.
640 =item B<ConfigFile> = I<configuration file> (mandatory)
642 The configuration file defining the FAQ(s) to post. Must be set (or
643 omitted; the default is "yapfaq.cfg").
645 =item B<Program> = I<file name> (optional)
647 A program the article is piped to instead of posting it to Usenet.
648 See option "-f" below (which takes preference).
650 This setting is optional.
654 =head3 Example runtime configuration file
656 NNTPServer = 'localhost'
660 ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg'
663 =head3 Using more than one runtime configuration
665 You may use more than one runtime configuration file with the B<-c>
672 =item B<-V> (version)
674 Print out version and copyright information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
678 Print this man page and exit.
680 =item B<-v> (verbose)
682 Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
684 =item B<-p> (post unconditionally)
686 Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
688 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
690 =item B<-d> (dry run)
692 Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
693 update any status information.
695 =item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test)
697 Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
698 newsgroups given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or print the
699 FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special string
700 C<CONSOLE> is given. This can be used to preview what B<yapfaq> would
701 do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. The status files are not
702 updated when this option is given.
704 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
706 =item B<-f> I<project name>
708 Just deal with one FAQ only.
710 By default B<yapfaq> will work on all FAQs that are defined in
711 F<yapfaq.cfg>, check whether they are due for posting and - if they
712 are - post them. Consequently when the B<-p> option is set all FAQs
713 will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to
714 achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ
717 =item B<-s> I<program> (pipe to script)
719 Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external
720 I<program> on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return
721 value of 0 will be considered success.
723 For example, you may want to use the I<inews> utility from the INN package
724 or the much more powerful replacement I<tinews.pl> from
725 I<ftp://ftp.tin.org/tin/tools/tinews.pl> which is able to sign postings.
727 If I<Program> is also defined in the runtime configuration file (by default
728 F<.yapfaqrc>), B<-s> takes preference.
730 =item B<-c> I<.rc file>
732 Load another runtime configuration file (.rc file) than F<.yaofaq.rc>.
734 You may for example define another usenet server to post your FAQ(s)
735 to or load another configuration file defining (an)other FAQ(s).
741 Post all FAQs that are due for posting:
745 Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted:
749 Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look
750 like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not:
752 yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq
754 Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only
757 yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq
759 Post all FAQs (that are due for posting) using inews from INN:
763 Do a dry run using a runtime configuration from .alternaterc, showing
764 which FAQs would be posted:
766 yapfaq -dvc .alternaterc
774 The default NNTP server to post to, used by the Net::NNTP module. You
775 can also specify the server using the runtime configuration file (by
776 default F<.yapfaqrc>).
790 Runtime configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
794 Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
800 The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't
801 already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last
802 time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of
803 the last post of that FAQ.
813 L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current
814 version of this program.
818 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
820 Original author (up to version 0.5b, dating from 2003):
821 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
823 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
825 Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
827 Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
829 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
830 under the same terms as Perl itself.