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.
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 $pgpheader ='X-PGP-Sig';
39 my @PGPSignHeaders = ('From', 'Newsgroups', 'Subject', 'Control',
40 'Supersedes', 'Followup-To', 'Date', 'Sender', 'Approved',
41 'Message-ID', 'Reply-To', 'Cancel-Lock', 'Cancel-Key',
42 'Also-Control', 'Distribution');
44 my @PGPorderheaders = ('from', 'newsgroups', 'subject', 'control',
45 'supersedes', 'followup-To', 'date', 'organization', 'lines',
46 'sender', 'approved', 'distribution', 'message-id',
47 'references', 'reply-to', 'mime-version', 'content-type',
48 'content-transfer-encoding', 'summary', 'keywords', 'cancel-lock',
49 'cancel-key', 'also-control', 'x-pgp', 'user-agent');
51 ############################# End of Configuration #############################
55 use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today);
56 use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants
58 my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date
61 getopts('hvpdt:f:', \%Options);
63 print "$0 v $Version\nUsage: $0 [-hvpd] [-t <newsgroups>] [-f <faq>]\n";
66 my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'});
69 readconfig (\$ConfigFile, \@Config, \$Faq);
72 my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001); #LP: Last posting-date
73 my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD); #NP: Next posting-date
76 my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq,$Expire) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'},$$_{'expires'});
77 my ($From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2)=($$_{'from'},$$_{'subject'},$$_{'ngs'},$$_{'fup2'});
78 my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'extraheader'});
79 my ($Supersede) =($$_{'supersede'});
81 next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq);
83 if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) {
85 if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){
86 ($LPD, $LPM, $LPY) = ($1, $2, $3);
87 } elsif (/^##;;\s*LastMID:\s*(<\S+@\S+>)\s*$/) {
93 warn "$0: W: Couldn't open $File.cfg: $!\n";
96 $SupersedeMID = "" unless $Supersede;
98 ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq);
100 if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 or ($Options{'p'})) {
102 print "$ActName: Would be posted now (but running in simulation mode [$0 -d]).\n" if $Options{'v'};
104 postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Sender,\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire);
106 } elsif($Options{'v'}) {
107 print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n";
113 ################################## readconfig ##################################
114 # Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with
115 # the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post
118 my ($File, $Config, $Faq) = @_;
119 my ($LastEntry, $Error, $i) = ('','',0);
122 print "Reading configuration.\n";
125 open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File: $!";
127 next if (defined($$Faq) && !/^\s*=====\s*$/ && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
128 if (/^(\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)|^(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$))/ && not /^\s*$/) {
129 $LastEntry = lc($2) if $2;
130 $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= $3 if $3;
131 $$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= "\n$5" if $5 && $5;
133 if (/^\s*=====\s*$/) {
141 next if (defined($$Faq) && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
142 unless($$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) {
143 $Error .= "E: The From-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n"
145 unless($$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
146 $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n"
148 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'fup2'} || $$Config[$i]{'fup2'} =~ /^\S+$/) {
149 $Error .= "E: The Followup-To-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n"
151 unless($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
152 $Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n"
154 unless(!$$Config[$i]{'expires'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
155 $$Config[$i]{'expires'} = '3m'; # set default: 3 month
156 warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
158 $Error .= "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
160 die $Error if $Error;
163 ################################# calcdelta #################################
164 # Takes a date (year, month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...)
165 # and adds the latter to the former
168 my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_;
169 my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
171 if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
172 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
173 } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
174 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
176 return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
179 ################################## postfaq ##################################
180 # Takes a filename and many other vars.
182 # It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article.
185 my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_;
186 my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified);
189 print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n";
193 $$TDM = ($$TDM < 10 && $$TDM !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDM : $$TDM;
194 $$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD;
197 $MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g;
198 $MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g;
199 $MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g;
200 $MID =~ s/\%y/$$TDY/g;
204 open (FH, "<$$File");
207 push (@Body, $_), next if $InRealBody;
208 $InRealBody++ if /^$/;
209 $LastModified = $1 if /^Last-modified: (\S+)$/i;
213 push @Body, "\n" if ($Body[-1] ne "\n");
215 #Create Date- and Expires-Header:
216 my @time = localtime;
217 my $ss = ($time[0]<10) ? "0" . $time[0] : $time[0];
218 my $mm = ($time[1]<10) ? "0" . $time[1] : $time[1];
219 my $hh = ($time[2]<10) ? "0" . $time[2] : $time[2];
221 my $month = ($time[4]+1<10) ? "0" . ($time[4]+1) : $time[4]+1;
222 my $monthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$time[4]];
223 my $wday = ("Sun","Mon","Tue","Wed","Thu","Fri","Sat")[$time[6]];
224 my $year = (1900 + $time[5]);
225 my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100";
227 my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = calcdelta ($year,$month,$day,$$Expire);
228 my $expmonthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$expM-1];
230 my $date = "$day $monthN $year " . $hh . ":" . $mm . ":" . $ss . $tz;
231 my $expdate = "$expD $expmonthN $expY $hh:$mm:$ss$tz";
233 #Replace %LM by the content of the news.answer-pseudo-header Last-modified:
235 $$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/;
239 if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) {
240 $$NG = $Options{'t'};
243 #Now create the complete Header:
244 push @Header, "From: $$From\n";
245 push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n";
246 push @Header, "Followup-To: $$Fup2\n" if $$Fup2;
247 push @Header, "Subject: $$Subject\n";
248 push @Header, "Message-ID: $MID\n";
249 push @Header, "Supersedes: $$Supersedes\n" if $$Supersedes;
250 push @Header, "Date: $date\n";
251 push @Header, "Expires: $expdate\n";
252 push @Header, "Sender: $$Sender\n" if $$Sender;
253 push @Header, "Mime-Version: 1.0\n";
254 push @Header, "Reply-To: $$ReplyTo\n" if $$ReplyTo;
255 push @Header, "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15\n";
256 push @Header, "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n";
257 push @Header, "User-Agent: yapfaq/$Version\n";
258 if ($$ExtraHeaders) {
259 push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders);
262 my @Article = ($UsePGP)?@{signpgp(\@Header, \@Body)}:(@Header, "\n", @Body);
265 print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n";
270 return if($Options{'t'});
273 print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n";
276 open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!";
277 print FH "##;; Lastpost: $day.$month.$year\n";
278 print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n";
282 ################################## post ##################################
283 # Takes a complete article (Header and Body).
285 # It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message.
291 if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
292 print "\n-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
294 print "\n------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
298 my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($NNTPServer, Reader => 1)
299 or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$NNTPServer'!\n";
301 $NewsConnection->authinfo ($NNTPUser, $NNTPPass);
302 $NewsConnection->post();
303 $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR);
304 $NewsConnection->dataend();
306 if (!$NewsConnection->ok()) {
307 open FH, ">>ERROR.dat";
308 print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n";
309 print FH $NewsConnection->code();
310 print FH $NewsConnection->message();
313 print FH "-" x 80, "\n";
317 $NewsConnection->quit();
320 #-------- sub getpgpcommand
321 # getpgpcommand generates the command to sign the message and returns it.
324 # - $PGPVersion: A scalar holding the PGPVersion
326 my ($PGPVersion) = @_;
329 if ($PGPVersion eq '2') {
330 if ($PathtoPGPPass && !$PGPPass) {
331 open (PGPPW, $PathtoPGPPass) or die "$0: E: Can't open $PathtoPGPPass: $!";
337 $PGPCommand = "PGPPASS=\"".$PGPPass."\" ".$pgp." -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" +verbose=0 language='en' -saft <".$pgptmpf.".txt >".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc";
339 die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n";
341 } elsif ($PGPVersion eq '5') {
342 if ($PathtoPGPPass) {
343 $PGPCommand = "PGPPASSFD=2 ".$pgp."s -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -t --armor -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc -z -f < ".$pgptmpf.".txt 2<".$PathtoPGPPass;
345 die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n";
347 } elsif ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io) {
348 if ($PathtoPGPPass) {
349 $PGPCommand = $pgp." --digest-algo MD5 -a -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc --no-tty --batch --passphrase-fd 2 2<".$PathtoPGPPass." --clearsign ".$pgptmpf.".txt";
351 die "$0: E: Passphrase is unknown!\n";
354 die "$0: E: Unknown PGP-Version $PGPVersion!";
360 #-------- sub signarticle
361 # signarticle signs an articel and returns a reference to an array
362 # containing the whole signed Message.
365 # - $HeaderAR: A reference to a array containing the articles headers.
366 # - $BodyR: A reference to an array containing the body.
369 # - $MessageRef: A reference to an array containing the whole message.
371 my ($HeaderAR, $BodyR) = @_;
372 my (@pgphead, @pgpbody, $pgphead, $pgpbody, $header, $signheaders, @signheaders, $currentheader, $HeaderR, $line);
374 foreach my $line (@$HeaderAR) {
375 if ($line =~ /^(\S+):\s+(.*)$/s) {
377 $$HeaderR{lc($currentheader)} = "$1: $2";
379 $$HeaderR{lc($currentheader)} .= $line;
383 foreach (@PGPSignHeaders) {
384 if (defined($$HeaderR{lc($_)}) && $$HeaderR{lc($_)} =~ m/^[^\s:]+: .+/o) {
385 push @signheaders, $_;
389 $pgpbody = join ("", @$BodyR);
391 # Delete and create the temporary pgp-Files
392 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt";
393 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc";
394 $signheaders = join(",", @signheaders);
396 $pgphead = "X-Signed-Headers: $signheaders\n";
397 foreach $header (@signheaders) {
398 if ($$HeaderR{lc($header)} =~ m/^[^\s:]+: (.+?)\n?$/so) {
399 $pgphead .= $header.": ".$1."\n";
403 open(FH, ">" . $pgptmpf . ".txt") or die "$0: E: can't open $pgptmpf: $!\n";
404 print FH $pgphead, "\n", $pgpbody;
405 print FH "\n" if ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io); # workaround a pgp/gpg incompatibility - should IMHO be fixed in pgpverify
406 close(FH) or warn "$0: W: Couldn't close TMP: $!\n";
408 # Start PGP, then read the signature;
409 my $PGPCommand = getpgpcommand($PGPVersion);
412 open (FH, "<" . $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc") or die "$0: E: can't open ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc: $!\n";
415 unless (m/\Q$pgpbegin\E$/o) {
416 # unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
417 # unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
418 die "$0: E: $pgpbegin not found in ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc\n"
420 unlink($pgptmpf . ".txt") or warn "$0: W: Couldn't unlink $pgptmpf.txt: $!\n";
424 unless (m/^Version: (\S+)(?:\s(\S+))?/o) {
425 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
426 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
427 die "$0: E: didn't find PGP Version line where expected.\n";
431 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1."-".$2." ".$signheaders;
433 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1." ".$signheaders;
436 do { # skip other pgp headers like
437 $_ = <FH>; # "charset:"||"comment:" until empty line
442 last if /^\Q$pgpend\E$/;
443 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n\t$_";
446 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n" unless ($$HeaderR{$pgpheader} =~ /\n$/s);
450 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
451 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
452 die "$0: E: unexpected data following $pgpend\n";
455 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc";
457 my $tmppgpheader = $pgpheader . ": " . $$HeaderR{$pgpheader};
458 delete $$HeaderR{$pgpheader};
461 foreach $header (@PGPorderheaders) {
462 if ($$HeaderR{$header} && $$HeaderR{$header} ne "\n") {
463 push(@pgphead, "$$HeaderR{$header}");
464 delete $$HeaderR{$header};
468 foreach $header (keys %$HeaderR) {
469 if ($$HeaderR{$header} && $$HeaderR{$header} ne "\n") {
470 push(@pgphead, "$$HeaderR{$header}");
471 delete $$HeaderR{$header};
475 push @pgphead, ("X-PGP-Key: " . $PGPSigner . "\n"), $tmppgpheader;
478 @pgpbody = split /$/m, $pgpbody;
479 my @pgpmessage = (@pgphead, "\n", @pgpbody);
485 ################################ Documentation #################################
489 yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
493 B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>]
517 Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
521 B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
522 frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
523 headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
527 F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
528 a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
529 of definitions in the form of I<param = value>.
533 =item B<Name> = I<project name>
535 A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
537 This value must be set.
539 =item B<File> = I<file name>
541 A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
542 (subheaders in the news.answers style).
544 This value must be set.
546 =item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
548 The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
549 B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
550 since the last posting.
552 You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
553 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
555 This value must be set.
557 =item B<Expires> = I<time period>
559 The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
560 header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
562 You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
563 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
565 This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
567 =item B<From> = I<author>
569 The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
572 This value must be set.
574 =item B<Subject> = I<subject>
576 The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
579 You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with
580 the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
582 This value must be set.
584 =item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups>
586 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
587 appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
589 This value must be set.
591 =item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster>
593 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
594 as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
596 This setting is optional.
598 =item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern>
600 A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
601 the Message-ID header of the message.
603 You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project,
604 C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month and
605 C<%y> for the year, respectively.
607 This value must be set.
609 =item B<Supersede> = I<yes>
611 Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
614 This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
616 =item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers>
618 The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
619 your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
621 This setting is optional.
625 =head2 Example configuration file
627 # name of your project
630 # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
631 # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
634 # how often your project should be posted
635 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
636 Posting-frequency = '1d'
638 # time period after which the posting should expire
639 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
643 From = 'test@domain.invalid'
646 # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
647 # Last-Modified pseudo header).
648 Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
650 # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
651 # (header "Newsgroups:")
654 # header "Followup-To:"
657 # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
658 MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
660 # Supersede last posting?
663 # extra headers (appended verbatim)
664 # use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
665 ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
668 # other projects may follow separated with "====="
673 Posting-frequency = '2m'
674 From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
675 Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
676 NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
678 MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
681 Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
682 posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
683 generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
684 contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
685 was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
693 Print out version and usage information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
695 =item B<-v> (verbose)
697 Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
699 =item B<-p> (post unconditionally)
701 Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
703 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
705 =item B<-d> (dry run)
707 Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
708 update any status information.
710 =item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test)
712 Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
713 newsgroups given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or print the
714 FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special string
715 C<CONSOLE> is given. This can be used to preview what B<yapfaq> would
716 do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. The status files are not
717 updated when this option is given.
719 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
721 =item B<-f> I<project name>
723 Just deal with one FAQ only.
725 By default B<yapfaq> will work on all FAQs that are defined in
726 F<yapfaq.cfg>, check whether they are due for posting and - if they
727 are - post them. Consequently when the B<-p> option is set all FAQs
728 will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to
729 achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ
736 Post all FAQs that are due for posting:
740 Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted:
744 Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look
745 like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not:
747 yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq
749 Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only
752 yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq
756 There are no special environment variables used by B<yapfaq>.
768 Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
774 The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't
775 already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last
776 time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of
777 the last post of that FAQ.
787 L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current
788 version of this program.
792 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
794 Original author (until version 0.5b from 2003):
795 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
798 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
800 Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
802 Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
804 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
805 under the same terms as Perl itself.