3 # yapfaq Version 0.91 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 our $VERSION = "0.91";
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);
40 $Getopt::Std::STANDARD_HELP_VERSION = 1;
41 my ($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'} = $Config{'Program'} if (defined($Config{'Program'}) && $Config{'Program'} && !defined($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-%y-%m-%d@'.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 $MID = '<%n-%y-%m-%d@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($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, "<$$File");
263 push (@Body, $_), next if $InRealBody;
264 $InRealBody++ if /^$/;
265 $LastModified = $1 if /^Last-modified:\s*(\S+)\s*$/i;
269 push @Body, "\n" if ($Body[-1] ne "\n");
271 #Create Date- and Expires-Header:
272 my @time = localtime;
273 my $ss = ($time[0]<10) ? "0" . $time[0] : $time[0];
274 my $mm = ($time[1]<10) ? "0" . $time[1] : $time[1];
275 my $hh = ($time[2]<10) ? "0" . $time[2] : $time[2];
277 my $month = ($time[4]+1<10) ? "0" . ($time[4]+1) : $time[4]+1;
278 my $monthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$time[4]];
279 my $wday = ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")[$time[6]];
280 my $year = (1900 + $time[5]);
281 my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100";
283 $$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 $$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/;
295 $$Subject =~ s/[<\[{\(]?\%LM[>\]}\)]?//;
299 if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) {
300 $$NG = $Options{'t'};
301 $MID =~ s/@/-$Timestamp-test@/g;
302 $$ExtraHeaders .= "\n" if $$ExtraHeaders;
303 $$ExtraHeaders .= "X-Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
304 $$ExtraHeaders .= "X-yapfaq-Remark: This is only a test message.";
308 #Now create the complete Header:
309 push @Header, "From: $$From\n";
310 push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n";
311 push @Header, "Followup-To: $$Fup2\n" if $$Fup2;
312 push @Header, "Subject: $$Subject\n";
313 push @Header, "Message-ID: $MID\n";
314 push @Header, "Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
315 push @Header, "Date: $date\n";
316 push @Header, "Expires: $expdate\n";
317 push @Header, "Sender: $$Sender\n" if $$Sender;
318 push @Header, "Mime-Version: 1.0\n";
319 push @Header, "Reply-To: $$ReplyTo\n" if $$ReplyTo;
320 push @Header, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n";
321 push @Header, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
322 push @Header, "User-Agent: yapfaq/$VERSION\n";
323 if ($$ExtraHeaders) {
324 push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders);
327 my @Article = (@Header, "\n", @Body);
330 print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n" if($Options{'v'});
331 my $failure = post(\@Article);
334 print "$$ActName: Posting failed, ERROR.dat may have more information.\n" if($Options{'v'} && (!defined($Options{'t'}) || $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i));
336 updatestatus($ActName, $File, "$day.$month.$year", $MID) if !defined($Options{'t'});
340 ################################## post ##################################
341 # Takes a complete article (Header and Body).
343 # It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message.
349 # test mode - print article to console
350 if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
351 print "-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
353 print "------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
354 # pipe article to script
355 } elsif(defined($Options{'s'})) {
356 open (POST, "| $Options{'s'}") or die "$0: E: Cannot fork $Options{'s'}: $!\n";
357 print POST @$ArticleR;
362 warn "$0: W: $Options{'s'} exited with status ", ($? >> 8), "\n";
367 my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($Config{'NNTPServer'}, Reader => 1) or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$Config{'NNTPServer'}'!\n";
368 $NewsConnection->authinfo ($Config{'NNTPUser'}, $Config{'NNTPPass'}) if (defined($Config{'NNTPUser'}));
369 $NewsConnection->post();
370 $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR);
371 $NewsConnection->dataend();
373 if ($NewsConnection->ok()) {
375 # Posting failed? Save to ERROR.dat
377 warn "$0: W: Posting failed!\n";
378 open FH, ">>ERROR.dat";
379 print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n";
380 print FH $NewsConnection->code();
381 print FH $NewsConnection->message();
384 print FH "-" x 80, "\n";
387 $NewsConnection->quit();
394 ################################ Documentation #################################
398 yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
402 B<yapfaq> [B<-Vhvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>] [B<-c> I<.rc file>]
426 Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
430 B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
431 frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
432 headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
436 F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
437 a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
438 of definitions in the form of I<param = value>. Everything after a "#"
439 sign is ignored so you may comment your configuration file.
443 =item B<Name> = I<project name>
445 A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
447 This value must be set.
449 =item B<File> = I<file name>
451 A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
452 (subheaders in the news.answers style).
454 This value must be set.
456 =item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
458 The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
459 B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
460 since the last posting.
462 You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
463 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
465 This value must be set.
467 =item B<Expires> = I<time period> (optional)
469 The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
470 header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
472 You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
473 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
475 This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
477 =item B<From> = I<author>
479 The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
482 This value must be set.
484 =item B<Subject> = I<subject>
486 The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
489 You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with
490 the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
492 This value must be set.
494 =item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups>
496 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
497 appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
499 This value must be set.
501 =item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster> (optional)
503 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
504 as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
506 This setting is optional.
508 =item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern> (optional)
510 A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
511 the Message-ID header of the message.
513 You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project,
514 C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month, C<%y>
515 for the year and C<%t> for a time stamp (number of seconds since the
516 epoch), respectively.
518 This setting is optional; the default is '<%n-%y-%m-%d@I<YOURHOST>>'
519 where I<YOURHOST> is the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the
520 host B<yapfaq> is running on. Obviously that will only work if you
521 have defined a reasonable hostname that the hostfqdn() function of
522 Net::Domain can return.
524 =item B<Supersede> = I<yes> (optional)
526 Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
529 This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
531 =item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers> (optional)
533 The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
534 your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
536 This setting is optional.
540 =head3 Example configuration file
542 # name of your project
545 # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
546 # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
549 # how often your project should be posted
550 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
551 Posting-frequency = '1d'
553 # time period after which the posting should expire
554 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
558 From = 'test@domain.invalid'
561 # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
562 # Last-Modified pseudo header).
563 Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
565 # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
566 # (header "Newsgroups:")
569 # header "Followup-To:"
572 # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
573 # MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
575 # Supersede last posting?
578 # extra headers (appended verbatim)
579 # use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
580 ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
583 # other projects may follow separated with "====="
588 Posting-frequency = '2m'
589 From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
590 Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
591 NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
593 MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
596 =head3 Status Information
598 Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
599 posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
600 generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
601 contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
602 was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
604 =head2 Runtime Configuration
606 Apart from configuring which FAQ(s) to post you may (re)set some
607 runtime configuration variables via the .rcfile (by default
608 F<.yapfaqrc>). F<.yapfaqrc> must contain one definition in the form of
609 I<param = value> on each line; everything after a "#" sign is ignored.
611 If you omit some settings they will be set to default values hardcoded
614 B<Please note that all parameter names are case-sensitive!>
618 =item B<NNTPServer> = I<NNTP server> (mandatory)
620 Host name of the NNTP server to post to. Must be set (or omitted; the
621 default is "localhost"); if set to en empty string, B<yapfaq> falls
622 back to Perl's build-in defaults (contents of environment variables
623 NNTPSERVER and NEWSHOST; if not set, default from Net::Config; if not
624 set, "news" is used).
626 =item B<NNTPUser> = I<user name> (optional)
628 User name used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
631 This setting is optional; if it is not set, I<NNTPPass> is ignored and
632 no authentication is tried.
634 =item B<NNTPPass> = I<password> (optional)
636 Password used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
639 This setting is optional; it must be set if I<NNTPUser> is present.
641 =item B<Sender> = I<Sender header> (optional)
643 The Sender header that will be added to every posted message.
645 This setting is optional.
647 =item B<ConfigFile> = I<configuration file> (mandatory)
649 The configuration file defining the FAQ(s) to post. Must be set (or
650 omitted; the default is "yapfaq.cfg").
652 =item B<Program> = I<file name> (optional)
654 A program the article is piped to instead of posting it to Usenet.
655 See option "-f" below (which takes preference).
657 This setting is optional.
661 =head3 Example runtime configuration file
663 NNTPServer = 'localhost'
667 ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg'
670 =head3 Using more than one runtime configuration
672 You may use more than one runtime configuration file with the B<-c>
679 =item B<-V> (version)
681 Print out version and copyright information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
685 Print this man page and exit.
687 =item B<-v> (verbose)
689 Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
691 =item B<-p> (post unconditionally)
693 Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
695 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
697 =item B<-d> (dry run)
699 Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
700 update any status information.
702 =item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test)
704 Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
705 (test) newsgroup(s) given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or
706 print the FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special
707 string C<CONSOLE> is given. This can be used to preview what
708 B<yapfaq> would do without embarassing yourself on Usenet.
710 The status files are not updated when this option is given.
712 When this option is used to post to some other newsgroup(s), a(nother)
713 timestamp is added to the Message-ID header and the Supersedes header
714 is replaced by a special X-Supersedes header.
716 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
718 =item B<-f> I<project name>
720 Just deal with one FAQ only.
722 By default B<yapfaq> will work on all FAQs that are defined in
723 F<yapfaq.cfg>, check whether they are due for posting and - if they
724 are - post them. Consequently when the B<-p> option is set all FAQs
725 will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to
726 achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ
729 =item B<-s> I<program> (pipe to script)
731 Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external
732 I<program> on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return
733 value of 0 will be considered success.
735 For example, you may want to use the I<inews> utility from the INN package
736 or the much more powerful replacement I<tinews.pl> from
737 I<ftp://ftp.tin.org/tin/tools/tinews.pl> which is able to sign postings.
739 If I<Program> is also defined in the runtime configuration file (by default
740 F<.yapfaqrc>), B<-s> takes preference.
742 =item B<-c> I<.rc file>
744 Load another runtime configuration file (.rc file) than F<.yaofaq.rc>.
746 You may for example define another usenet server to post your FAQ(s)
747 to or load another configuration file defining (an)other FAQ(s).
753 Just copy the contents of the tarball in some directory and get started.
755 You can post your first test with
757 yapfaq -c .yapfaqrc.sample
759 or copy F<.yapfaqrc.sample> to F<.yapfaqrc> and F<yapfaq.cfg.sample>
760 to F<yapfaq.cfg>, edit those files and get really started!
766 Post all FAQs that are due for posting:
770 Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted:
774 Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look
775 like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not:
777 yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq
779 Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only
782 yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq
784 Post all FAQs (that are due for posting) using inews from INN:
788 Do a dry run using a runtime configuration from .alternaterc, showing
789 which FAQs would be posted:
791 yapfaq -dvc .alternaterc
799 The default NNTP server to post to, used by the Net::NNTP module. You
800 can also specify the server using the runtime configuration file (by
801 default F<.yapfaqrc>).
815 Runtime configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
819 Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
825 The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't
826 already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last
827 time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of
828 the last post of that FAQ.
834 Please report any bugs or feature request to the author or use the
835 bug tracker at L<http://bugs.th-h.de/>!
839 L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current
840 version of this program.
842 This program is maintained using the Git version control system. You
843 may clone L<git://code.th-h.de/usenet/yapfaq.git> to check out the
844 current development tree or browse it on the web via
845 L<http://code.th-h.de/?p=usenet/yapfaq.git>.
849 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
851 Original author (up to version 0.5b, dating from 2003):
852 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
854 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
856 Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
858 Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
860 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
861 under the same terms as Perl itself.