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 $pgpheader ='X-PGP-Sig';
39 my @PGPSignHeaders = ('From', 'Newsgroups', 'Subject', 'Control',
40 'Supersedes', 'Followup-To', 'Date', 'Sender', 'Approved',
41 'Message-ID', 'Reply-To', 'Cancel-Lock', 'Cancel-Key',
42 'Also-Control', 'Distribution');
44 my @PGPorderheaders = ('from', 'newsgroups', 'subject', 'control',
45 'supersedes', 'followup-To', 'date', 'organization', 'lines',
46 'sender', 'approved', 'distribution', 'message-id',
47 'references', 'reply-to', 'mime-version', 'content-type',
48 'content-transfer-encoding', 'summary', 'keywords', 'cancel-lock',
49 'cancel-key', 'also-control', 'x-pgp', 'user-agent');
51 ############################# End of Configuration #############################
55 use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today);
56 use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants
58 my ($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'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
155 warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
157 $Error .= "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
159 die $Error if $Error;
162 ################################# calcdelta #################################
163 # Takes a date (year, month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...)
164 # and adds the latter to the former
167 my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_;
168 my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
170 if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
171 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
172 } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
173 ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
175 return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
178 ################################## postfaq ##################################
179 # Takes a filename and many other vars.
181 # It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article.
184 my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_;
185 my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified);
188 print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n";
192 $$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);
266 print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n";
271 return if($Options{'t'});
274 print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n";
277 open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!";
278 print FH "##;; Lastpost: $day.$month.$year\n";
279 print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n";
283 ################################## post ##################################
284 # Takes a complete article (Header and Body).
286 # It opens a connection to $NNTPServer and posts the message.
292 if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
293 print "\n-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
295 print "\n------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
299 my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($NNTPServer, Reader => 1)
300 or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$NNTPServer'!\n";
302 $NewsConnection->authinfo ($NNTPUser, $NNTPPass);
303 $NewsConnection->post();
304 $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR);
305 $NewsConnection->dataend();
307 if (!$NewsConnection->ok()) {
308 open FH, ">>ERROR.dat";
309 print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n";
310 print FH $NewsConnection->code();
311 print FH $NewsConnection->message();
314 print FH "-" x 80, "\n";
318 $NewsConnection->quit();
321 #-------- sub getpgpcommand
322 # getpgpcommand generates the command to sign the message and returns it.
325 # - $PGPVersion: A scalar holding the PGPVersion
327 my ($PGPVersion) = @_;
330 if ($PGPVersion eq '2') {
331 if ($PathtoPGPPass && !$PGPPass) {
332 open (PGPPW, $PathtoPGPPass) or die "$0: E: Can't open $PathtoPGPPass: $!";
338 $PGPCommand = "PGPPASS=\"".$PGPPass."\" ".$pgp." -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" +verbose=0 language='en' -saft <".$pgptmpf.".txt >".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc";
340 die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n";
342 } elsif ($PGPVersion eq '5') {
343 if ($PathtoPGPPass) {
344 $PGPCommand = "PGPPASSFD=2 ".$pgp."s -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -t --armor -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc -z -f < ".$pgptmpf.".txt 2<".$PathtoPGPPass;
346 die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n";
348 } elsif ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io) {
349 if ($PathtoPGPPass) {
350 $PGPCommand = $pgp." --digest-algo MD5 -a -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc --no-tty --batch --passphrase-fd 2 2<".$PathtoPGPPass." --clearsign ".$pgptmpf.".txt";
352 die "$0: E: Passphrase is unknown!\n";
355 die "$0: E: Unknown PGP-Version $PGPVersion!";
361 #-------- sub signarticle
362 # signarticle signs an articel and returns a reference to an array
363 # containing the whole signed Message.
366 # - $HeaderAR: A reference to a array containing the articles headers.
367 # - $BodyR: A reference to an array containing the body.
370 # - $MessageRef: A reference to an array containing the whole message.
372 my ($HeaderAR, $BodyR) = @_;
373 my (@pgphead, @pgpbody, $pgphead, $pgpbody, $header, $signheaders, @signheaders, $currentheader, $HeaderR, $line);
375 foreach my $line (@$HeaderAR) {
376 if ($line =~ /^(\S+):\s+(.*)$/s) {
378 $$HeaderR{lc($currentheader)} = "$1: $2";
380 $$HeaderR{lc($currentheader)} .= $line;
384 foreach (@PGPSignHeaders) {
385 if (defined($$HeaderR{lc($_)}) && $$HeaderR{lc($_)} =~ m/^[^\s:]+: .+/o) {
386 push @signheaders, $_;
390 $pgpbody = join ("", @$BodyR);
392 # Delete and create the temporary pgp-Files
393 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt";
394 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc";
395 $signheaders = join(",", @signheaders);
397 $pgphead = "X-Signed-Headers: $signheaders\n";
398 foreach $header (@signheaders) {
399 if ($$HeaderR{lc($header)} =~ m/^[^\s:]+: (.+?)\n?$/so) {
400 $pgphead .= $header.": ".$1."\n";
404 open(FH, ">" . $pgptmpf . ".txt") or die "$0: E: can't open $pgptmpf: $!\n";
405 print FH $pgphead, "\n", $pgpbody;
406 print FH "\n" if ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io); # workaround a pgp/gpg incompatibility - should IMHO be fixed in pgpverify
407 close(FH) or warn "$0: W: Couldn't close TMP: $!\n";
409 # Start PGP, then read the signature;
410 my $PGPCommand = getpgpcommand($PGPVersion);
413 open (FH, "<" . $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc") or die "$0: E: can't open ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc: $!\n";
416 unless (m/\Q$pgpbegin\E$/o) {
417 # unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
418 # unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
419 die "$0: E: $pgpbegin not found in ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc\n"
421 unlink($pgptmpf . ".txt") or warn "$0: W: Couldn't unlink $pgptmpf.txt: $!\n";
425 unless (m/^Version: (\S+)(?:\s(\S+))?/o) {
426 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
427 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
428 die "$0: E: didn't find PGP Version line where expected.\n";
432 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1."-".$2." ".$signheaders;
434 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1." ".$signheaders;
437 do { # skip other pgp headers like
438 $_ = <FH>; # "charset:"||"comment:" until empty line
443 last if /^\Q$pgpend\E$/;
444 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n\t$_";
447 $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n" unless ($$HeaderR{$pgpheader} =~ /\n$/s);
451 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt";
452 unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc";
453 die "$0: E: unexpected data following $pgpend\n";
456 unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc";
458 my $tmppgpheader = $pgpheader . ": " . $$HeaderR{$pgpheader};
459 delete $$HeaderR{$pgpheader};
462 foreach $header (@PGPorderheaders) {
463 if ($$HeaderR{$header} && $$HeaderR{$header} ne "\n") {
464 push(@pgphead, "$$HeaderR{$header}");
465 delete $$HeaderR{$header};
469 foreach $header (keys %$HeaderR) {
470 if ($$HeaderR{$header} && $$HeaderR{$header} ne "\n") {
471 push(@pgphead, "$$HeaderR{$header}");
472 delete $$HeaderR{$header};
476 push @pgphead, ("X-PGP-Key: " . $PGPSigner . "\n"), $tmppgpheader;
479 @pgpbody = split /$/m, $pgpbody;
480 my @pgpmessage = (@pgphead, "\n", @pgpbody);
486 ################################ Documentation #################################
490 yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
494 B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>]
518 Furthermore you need access to a news server to actually post FAQs.
522 B<yapfaq> posts (one or more) FAQs to Usenet with a certain posting
523 frequency (every n days, weeks, months or years), adding all necessary
524 headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
528 F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
529 a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
530 of definitions in the form of I<param = value>.
534 =item B<Name> = I<project name>
536 A name referring to your FAQ, also used for generation of a Message-ID.
538 This value must be set.
540 =item B<File> = I<file name>
542 A file containing the message body of your FAQ and all pseudo headers
543 (subheaders in the news.answers style).
545 This value must be set.
547 =item B<Posting-frequency> = I<time period>
549 The posting frequency defines how often your FAQ will be posted.
550 B<yapfaq> will only post your FAQ if this period of time has passed
551 since the last posting.
553 You can declare that time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
554 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
556 This value must be set.
558 =item B<Expires> = I<time period>
560 The period of time after which your message will expire. An Expires
561 header will be calculated adding this time period to today's date.
563 You can declare this time period either in I<B<d>ays> or I<B<w>weeks>
564 or I<B<m>onths> or I<B<y>ears>.
566 This setting is optional; the default is 3 months.
568 =item B<From> = I<author>
570 The author of your FAQ as it will appear in the From header of the
573 This value must be set.
575 =item B<Subject> = I<subject>
577 The title of your FAQ as it will appear in the Subject header of the
580 You may use the special string C<%LM> which will be replaced with
581 the contents of the Last-Modified subheader in your I<File>.
583 This value must be set.
585 =item B<NGs> = I<newsgroups>
587 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post your FAQ to as it will
588 appear in the Newsgroups header of the message.
590 This value must be set.
592 =item B<Fup2> = I<newsgroup | poster>
594 A comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) or the special string I<poster>
595 as it will appear in the Followup-To header of the message.
597 This setting is optional.
599 =item B<MID-Format> = I<pattern>
601 A pattern from which the message ID is generated as it will appear in
602 the Message-ID header of the message.
604 You may use the special strings C<%n> for the I<Name> of your project,
605 C<%d> for the date the message is posted, C<%m> for the month and
606 C<%y> for the year, respectively.
608 This value must be set.
610 =item B<Supersede> = I<yes>
612 Add Supersedes header to the message containing the Message-ID header
615 This setting is optional; you should set it to yes or leave it out.
617 =item B<ExtraHeader> = I<additional headers>
619 The contents of I<ExtraHeader> is added verbatim to the headers of
620 your message so you can add custom headers like Approved.
622 This setting is optional.
626 =head2 Example configuration file
628 # name of your project
631 # file to post (complete body and pseudo-headers)
632 # ($File.cfg contains data on last posting and last MID)
635 # how often your project should be posted
636 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
637 Posting-frequency = '1d'
639 # time period after which the posting should expire
640 # use (d)ay OR (w)eek OR (m)onth OR (y)ear
644 From = 'test@domain.invalid'
647 # (may contain "%LM" which will be replaced by the contents of the
648 # Last-Modified pseudo header).
649 Subject = 'test noreply ignore'
651 # comma-separated list of newsgroup(s) to post to
652 # (header "Newsgroups:")
655 # header "Followup-To:"
658 # Message-ID ("%n" is $Name)
659 MID-Format = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
661 # Supersede last posting?
664 # extra headers (appended verbatim)
665 # use this for custom headers like "Approved:"
666 ExtraHeader = 'Approved: moderator@domain.invalid
669 # other projects may follow separated with "====="
674 Posting-frequency = '2m'
675 From = 'My Name <my.name@domain.invalid>'
676 Subject = 'Test of yapfag <%LM>'
677 NGs = 'de.test,de.alt.test'
679 MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
682 Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
683 posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
684 generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
685 contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
686 was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
694 Print out version and usage information on B<yapfaq> and exit.
696 =item B<-v> (verbose)
698 Print out status information while running to STDOUT.
700 =item B<-p> (post unconditionally)
702 Post (all) FAQs unconditionally ignoring the posting frequency setting.
704 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
706 =item B<-d> (dry run)
708 Start B<yapfaq> in simulation mode, i.e. don't post anything and don't
709 update any status information.
711 =item B<-t> I<newsgroup(s) | CONSOLE> (test)
713 Don't post to the newsgroups defined in F<yqpfaq.cfg>, but to the
714 newsgroups given after B<-t> as a comma-separated list or print the
715 FAQs to STDOUT separated by lines of dashes if the special string
716 C<CONSOLE> is given. This can be used to preview what B<yapfaq> would
717 do without embarassing yourself on Usenet. The status files are not
718 updated when this option is given.
720 You may want to use this with the B<-f> option (see below).
722 =item B<-f> I<project name>
724 Just deal with one FAQ only.
726 By default B<yapfaq> will work on all FAQs that are defined in
727 F<yapfaq.cfg>, check whether they are due for posting and - if they
728 are - post them. Consequently when the B<-p> option is set all FAQs
729 will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to
730 achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ
737 Post all FAQs that are due for posting:
741 Do a dry run, showing which FAQs would be posted:
745 Do a test run and print on STDOUT what the FAQ I<myfaq> would look
746 like when posted, regardless whether it is due for posting or not:
748 yapfaq -pt CONSOLE -f myfaq
750 Do a "real" test run and post the FAQ I<myfaq> to I<de.test>, but only
753 yapfaq -t de.test -f myfaq
757 There are no special environment variables used by B<yapfaq>.
769 Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
775 The status files will be created on successful posting if they don't
776 already exist. The first line of the file will be the date of the last
777 time the FAQ was posted and the second line will be the message ID of
778 the last post of that FAQ.
788 L<http://th-h.de/download/scripts.php> will have the current
789 version of this program.
793 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
795 Original author (until version 0.5b from 2003):
796 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
799 =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
801 Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
803 Copyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
805 This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it
806 under the same terms as Perl itself.