3 # yapfaq Version 0.6 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 = "0.6.2";
17 my $NNTPServer = "localhost";
21 my $ConfigFile = "yapfaq.cfg";
24 ################################## PGP-Config #################################
26 my $pgp = '/usr/bin/pgp'; # path to pgp
27 my $PGPVersion = '2'; # Use 2 for 2.X, 5 for PGP > 2.X and GPG for GPG
29 my $PGPSigner = ''; # sign as who?
30 my $PGPPass = ''; # pgp2 only
31 my $PathtoPGPPass = ''; # pgp2, pgp5 and gpg
34 my $pgpbegin ='-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----';# Begin of PGP-Signature
35 my $pgpend ='-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----'; # End of PGP-Signature
36 my $pgptmpf ='pgptmp'; # temporary file for PGP.
37 my $pgpheader ='X-PGP-Sig';
39 my @PGPSignHeaders = ('From', 'Newsgroups', 'Subject', 'Control',
40 'Supersedes', 'Followup-To', 'Date', 'Sender', 'Approved',
41 'Message-ID', 'Reply-To', 'Cancel-Lock', 'Cancel-Key',
42 'Also-Control', 'Distribution');
44 my @PGPorderheaders = ('from', 'newsgroups', 'subject', 'control',
45 'supersedes', 'followup-To', 'date', 'organization', 'lines',
46 'sender', 'approved', 'distribution', 'message-id',
47 'references', 'reply-to', 'mime-version', 'content-type',
48 'content-transfer-encoding', 'summary', 'keywords', 'cancel-lock',
49 'cancel-key', 'also-control', 'x-pgp', 'user-agent');
51 ############################# End of Configuration #############################
55 use Net::Domain qw(hostfqdn);
56 use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today);
57 use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants
59 my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date
62 getopts('hvpdt:f:', \%Options);
64 print "$0 v $Version\nUsage: $0 [-hvpd] [-t <newsgroups>] [-f <faq>]\n";
67 my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'});
70 readconfig (\$ConfigFile, \@Config, \$Faq);
73 my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001); #LP: Last posting-date
74 my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD); #NP: Next posting-date
77 my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq,$Expire) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'},$$_{'expires'});
78 my ($From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2)=($$_{'from'},$$_{'subject'},$$_{'ngs'},$$_{'fup2'});
79 my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'extraheader'});
80 my ($Supersede) =($$_{'supersede'});
82 next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq);
84 if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) {
86 if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){
87 ($LPD, $LPM, $LPY) = ($1, $2, $3);
88 } elsif (/^##;;\s*LastMID:\s*(<\S+@\S+>)\s*$/) {
94 warn "$0: W: Couldn't open $File.cfg: $!\n";
97 $SupersedeMID = "" unless $Supersede;
99 ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq);
101 if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 or ($Options{'p'})) {
103 print "$ActName: Would be posted now (but running in simulation mode [$0 -d]).\n" if $Options{'v'};
105 postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Sender,\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire);
107 } elsif($Options{'v'}) {
108 print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n";
114 ################################## readconfig ##################################
115 # Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with
116 # the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post
119 my ($File, $Config, $Faq) = @_;
120 my ($LastEntry, $Error, $i) = ('','',0);
122 print "Reading configuration.\n" if($Options{'v'});
124 open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File: $!";
126 next if (defined($$Faq) && !/^\s*=====\s*$/ && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
127 if (/^(\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)|^(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$))/ && not /^\s*$/) {
128 $LastEntry = lc($2) if $2;
129 $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= $3 if $3;
130 $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= "\n$5" if $5 && $5;
132 if (/^\s*=====\s*$/) {
140 next if (defined($$Faq) && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
141 unless($$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) {
142 $Error .= "E: The From-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n"
144 unless($$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
145 $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n"
147 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'fup2'} || $$Config[$i]{'fup2'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
148 $Error .= "E: The Followup-To-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n"
150 unless($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
151 $Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n"
153 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'expires'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
154 warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
156 unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'mid-format'}) && $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>$/) {
157 warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be invalid - set to default.\n";
159 $Error .= "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
161 die $Error if $Error;
164 ################################# calcdelta #################################
165 # Takes a date (year, month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...)
166 # and adds the latter to the former
169 my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_;
170 my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
172 if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
173 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
174 } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
175 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
177 return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
180 ################################## postfaq ##################################
181 # Takes a filename and many other vars.
183 # It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article.
186 my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_;
187 my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified);
189 print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n" if($Options{'v'});
192 $$TDM = ($$TDM < 10 && $$TDM !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDM : $$TDM;
193 $$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD;
196 $MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g;
197 $MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g;
198 $MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g;
199 $MID =~ s/\%y/$$TDY/g;
203 open (FH, "<$$File");
206 push (@Body, $_), next if $InRealBody;
207 $InRealBody++ if /^$/;
208 $LastModified = $1 if /^Last-modified: (\S+)$/i;
212 push @Body, "\n" if ($Body[-1] ne "\n");
214 #Create Date- and Expires-Header:
215 my @time = localtime;
216 my $ss = ($time[0]<10) ? "0" . $time[0] : $time[0];
217 my $mm = ($time[1]<10) ? "0" . $time[1] : $time[1];
218 my $hh = ($time[2]<10) ? "0" . $time[2] : $time[2];
220 my $month = ($time[4]+1<10) ? "0" . ($time[4]+1) : $time[4]+1;
221 my $monthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$time[4]];
222 my $wday = ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")[$time[6]];
223 my $year = (1900 + $time[5]);
224 my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100";
226 $$Expire = '3m' if !$$Expire; # set default if unset: 3 month
228 my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = calcdelta ($year,$month,$day,$$Expire);
229 my $expmonthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$expM-1];
231 my $date = "$day $monthN $year " . $hh . ":" . $mm . ":" . $ss . $tz;
232 my $expdate = "$expD $expmonthN $expY $hh:$mm:$ss$tz";
234 #Replace %LM by the content of the news.answer-pseudo-header Last-modified:
236 $$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/;
240 if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) {
241 $$NG = $Options{'t'};
244 #Now create the complete Header:
245 push @Header, "From: $$From\n";
246 push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n";
247 push @Header, "Followup-To: $$Fup2\n" if $$Fup2;
248 push @Header, "Subject: $$Subject\n";
249 push @Header, "Message-ID: $MID\n";
250 push @Header, "Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
251 push @Header, "Date: $date\n";
252 push @Header, "Expires: $expdate\n";
253 push @Header, "Sender: $$Sender\n" if $$Sender;
254 push @Header, "Mime-Version: 1.0\n";
255 push @Header, "Reply-To: $$ReplyTo\n" if $$ReplyTo;
256 push @Header, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n";
257 push @Header, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
258 push @Header, "User-Agent: yapfaq/$Version\n";
259 if ($$ExtraHeaders) {
260 push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders);
263 my @Article = ($UsePGP)?@{signpgp(\@Header, \@Body)}:(@Header, "\n", @Body);
265 print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n" if($Options{'v'});
269 return if($Options{'t'});
271 print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n" if($Options{'v'});
273 open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!";
274 print FH "##;; Lastpost: $day.$month.$year\n";
275 print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n";
279 ################################## post ##################################
280 # Takes a complete article (Header and Body).
282 # It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message.
288 if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
289 print "\n-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
291 print "\n------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
295 my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($NNTPServer, Reader => 1)
296 or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$NNTPServer'!\n";
298 $NewsConnection->authinfo ($NNTPUser, $NNTPPass);
299 $NewsConnection->post();
300 $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR);
301 $NewsConnection->dataend();
303 if (!$NewsConnection->ok()) {
304 open FH, ">>ERROR.dat";
305 print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n";
306 print FH $NewsConnection->code();
307 print FH $NewsConnection->message();
310 print FH "-" x 80, "\n";
314 $NewsConnection->quit();
317 #-------- sub getpgpcommand
318 # getpgpcommand generates the command to sign the message and returns it.
321 # - $PGPVersion: A scalar holding the PGPVersion
323 my ($PGPVersion) = @_;
326 if ($PGPVersion eq '2') {
327 if ($PathtoPGPPass && !$PGPPass) {
328 open (PGPPW, $PathtoPGPPass) or die "$0: E: Can't open $PathtoPGPPass: $!";
334 $PGPCommand = "PGPPASS=\"".$PGPPass."\" ".$pgp." -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" +verbose=0 language='en' -saft <".$pgptmpf.".txt >".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc";
336 die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n";
338 } elsif ($PGPVersion eq '5') {
339 if ($PathtoPGPPass) {
340 $PGPCommand = "PGPPASSFD=2 ".$pgp."s -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -t --armor -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc -z -f < ".$pgptmpf.".txt 2<".$PathtoPGPPass;
342 die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n";
344 } elsif ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io) {
345 if ($PathtoPGPPass) {
346 $PGPCommand = $pgp." --digest-algo MD5 -a -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc --no-tty --batch --passphrase-fd 2 2<".$PathtoPGPPass." --clearsign ".$pgptmpf.".txt";
348 die "$0: E: Passphrase is unknown!\n";
351 die "$0: E: Unknown PGP-Version $PGPVersion!";
357 #-------- sub signarticle
358 # signarticle signs an articel and returns a reference to an array
359 # containing the whole signed Message.
362 # - $HeaderAR: A reference to a array containing the articles headers.
363 # - $BodyR: A reference to an array containing the body.
366 # - $MessageRef: A reference to an array containing the whole message.
368 my ($HeaderAR, $BodyR) = @_;
369 my (@pgphead, @pgpbody, $pgphead, $pgpbody, $header, $signheaders, @signheaders, $currentheader, $HeaderR, $line);
371 foreach my $line (@$HeaderAR) {
372 if ($line =~ /^(\S+):\s+(.*)$/s) {
374 $$HeaderR{lc($currentheader)} = "$1: $2";
376 $$HeaderR{lc($currentheader)} .= $line;
380 foreach (@PGPSignHeaders) {
381 if (defined($$HeaderR{lc($_)}) && $$HeaderR{lc($_)} =~ m/^[^\s:]+: .+/o) {
382 push @signheaders, $_;
386 $pgpbody = join ("", @$BodyR);
388 # Delete and create the temporary pgp-Files
389 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt";
390 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc";
391 $signheaders = join(",", @signheaders);
393 $pgphead = "X-Signed-Headers: $signheaders\n";
394 foreach $header (@signheaders) {
395 if ($$HeaderR{lc($header)} =~ m/^[^\s:]+: (.+?)\n?$/so) {
396 $pgphead .= $header.": ".$1."\n";
400 open(FH, ">" . $pgptmpf . ".txt") or die "$0: E: can't open $pgptmpf: $!\n";
401 print FH $pgphead, "\n", $pgpbody;
402 print FH "\n" if ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io); # workaround a pgp/gpg incompatibility - should IMHO be fixed in pgpverify
403 close(FH) or warn "$0: W: Couldn't close TMP: $!\n";
405 # Start PGP, then read the signature;
406 my $PGPCommand = getpgpcommand($PGPVersion);
409 open (FH, "<" . $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc") or die "$0: E: can't open ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc: $!\n";
412 unless (m/\Q$pgpbegin\E$/o) {
413 # unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
414 # unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
415 die "$0: E: $pgpbegin not found in ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc\n"
417 unlink($pgptmpf . ".txt") or warn "$0: W: Couldn't unlink $pgptmpf.txt: $!\n";
421 unless (m/^Version: (\S+)(?:\s(\S+))?/o) {
422 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
423 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
424 die "$0: E: didn't find PGP Version line where expected.\n";
428 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1."-".$2." ".$signheaders;
430 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1." ".$signheaders;
433 do { # skip other pgp headers like
434 $_ = <FH>; # "charset:"||"comment:" until empty line
439 last if /^\Q$pgpend\E$/;
440 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n\t$_";
443 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n" unless ($$HeaderR{$pgpheader} =~ /\n$/s);
447 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
448 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
449 die "$0: E: unexpected data following $pgpend\n";
452 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc";
454 my $tmppgpheader = $pgpheader . ": " . $$HeaderR{$pgpheader};
455 delete $$HeaderR{$pgpheader};
458 foreach $header (@PGPorderheaders) {
459 if ($$HeaderR{$header} && $$HeaderR{$header} ne "\n") {
460 push(@pgphead, "$$HeaderR{$header}");
461 delete $$HeaderR{$header};
465 foreach $header (keys %$HeaderR) {
466 if ($$HeaderR{$header} && $$HeaderR{$header} ne "\n") {
467 push(@pgphead, "$$HeaderR{$header}");
468 delete $$HeaderR{$header};
472 push @pgphead, ("X-PGP-Key: " . $PGPSigner . "\n"), $tmppgpheader;
475 @pgpbody = split /$/m, $pgpbody;
476 my @pgpmessage = (@pgphead, "\n", @pgpbody);
482 ################################ Documentation #################################
486 yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
490 B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>]
514 Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
518 B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
519 frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
520 headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
524 F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
525 a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
526 of definitions in the form of I<param = value>.
530 =item B<Name> = I<project name>
532 A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
534 This value must be set.
536 =item B<File> = I<file name>
538 A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
539 (subheaders in the news.answers style).
541 This value must be set.
543 =item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
545 The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
546 B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
547 since the last posting.
549 You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
550 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
552 This value must be set.
554 =item B<Expires> = I<time period>
556 The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
557 header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
559 You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
560 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
562 This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
564 =item B<From> = I<author>
566 The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
569 This value must be set.
571 =item B<Subject> = I<subject>
573 The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
576 You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with
577 the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
579 This value must be set.
581 =item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups>
583 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
584 appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
586 This value must be set.
588 =item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster>
590 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
591 as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
593 This setting is optional.
595 =item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern>
597 A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
598 the Message-ID header of the message.
600 You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project,
601 C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month and
602 C<%y> for the year, respectively.
604 This value must be set.
606 =item B<Supersede> = I<yes>
608 Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
611 This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
613 =item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers>
615 The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
616 your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
618 This setting is optional.
622 =head2 Example configuration file
624 # name of your project
627 # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
628 # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
631 # how often your project should be posted
632 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
633 Posting-frequency = '1d'
635 # time period after which the posting should expire
636 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
640 From = 'test@domain.invalid'
643 # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
644 # Last-Modified pseudo header).
645 Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
647 # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
648 # (header "Newsgroups:")
651 # header "Followup-To:"
654 # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
655 MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
657 # Supersede last posting?
660 # extra headers (appended verbatim)
661 # use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
662 ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
665 # other projects may follow separated with "====="
670 Posting-frequency = '2m'
671 From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
672 Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
673 NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
675 MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
678 Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
679 posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
680 generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
681 contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
682 was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
690 Print out version and usage information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
692 =item B<-v> (verbose)
694 Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
696 =item B<-p> (post unconditionally)
698 Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
700 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
702 =item B<-d> (dry run)
704 Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
705 update any status information.
707 =item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test)
709 Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
710 newsgroups given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or print the
711 FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special string
712 C<CONSOLE> is given. This can be used to preview what B<yapfaq> would
713 do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. The status files are not
714 updated when this option is given.
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
733 Post all FAQs that are due for posting:
737 Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted:
741 Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look
742 like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not:
744 yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq
746 Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only
749 yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq
753 There are no special environment variables used by B<yapfaq>.
765 Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
771 The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't
772 already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last
773 time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of
774 the last post of that FAQ.
784 L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current
785 version of this program.
789 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
791 Original author (until version 0.5b from 2003):
792 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
795 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
797 Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
799 Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
801 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
802 under the same terms as Perl itself.