# It can be redistributed and/or modified under the same terms under
# which Perl itself is published.
-my $Version = "0.6-unreleased";
+my $Version = "0.6";
my $NNTPServer = "localhost";
my $NNTPUser = "";
use Net::NNTP;
use Date::Calc qw(Add_Delta_YM Add_Delta_Days Delta_Days Today);
use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants
+use Getopt::Std;
my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date
+my %Options;
+getopts('hvpdt:f:', \%Options);
+if ($Options{'h'}) {
+ print "$0 v $Version\nUsage: $0 [-hvpd] [-t <newsgroups>] [-f <faq>]\n";
+ exit(0);
+};
+my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'});
+
my @Config;
-readconfig (\$ConfigFile, \@Config);
+readconfig (\$ConfigFile, \@Config, \$Faq);
foreach (@Config) {
my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001); #LP: Last posting-date
my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD); #NP: Next posting-date
my $SupersedeMID;
- my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'});
+ my ($ActName,$File,$PFreq,$Expire) =($$_{'name'},$$_{'file'},$$_{'posting-frequency'},$$_{'expires'});
my ($From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2)=($$_{'from'},$$_{'subject'},$$_{'ngs'},$$_{'fup2'});
my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'extraheader'});
my ($Supersede) =($$_{'supersede'});
-
+
+ next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq);
+
if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) {
while(<FH>){
if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){
$SupersedeMID = "" unless $Supersede;
- if ($PFreq =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
- ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = Add_Delta_Days($LPY, $LPM, $LPD, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
- } elsif ($PFreq =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
- ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = Add_Delta_YM($LPY, $LPM, $LPD, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
- }
-
- if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 ) {
- postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Sender,\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID);
+ ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq);
+
+ if (Delta_Days($NPY,$NPM,$NPD,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD) >= 0 or ($Options{'p'})) {
+ if($Options{'d'}) {
+ print "$ActName: Would be posted now (but running in simulation mode [$0 -d]).\n" if $Options{'v'};
+ } else {
+ postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Sender,\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire);
+ }
+ } elsif($Options{'v'}) {
+ print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n";
}
}
exit;
################################## readconfig ##################################
-# Takes a filename and the reference to an array, which will hold hashes with
-# the data from $File.
+# Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with
+# the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post
sub readconfig{
- my ($File, $Config) = @_;
+ my ($File, $Config, $Faq) = @_;
my ($LastEntry, $Error, $i) = ('','',0);
+ if($Options{'v'}) {
+ print "Reading configuration.\n";
+ }
+
open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File: $!";
while (<FH>) {
+ next if (defined($$Faq) && !/^\s*=====\s*$/ && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
if (/^(\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)|^(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$))/ && not /^\s*$/) {
$LastEntry = lc($2) if $2;
$$Config[$i]{$LastEntry} .= $3 if $3;
#Check saved values:
for $i (0..$i){
+ next if (defined($$Faq) && defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} ne $$Faq );
unless($$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) {
$Error .= "E: The From-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n"
}
unless($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
$Error .= "E: The Posting-frequency for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid.\n"
}
+ unless($$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) {
+ $$Config[$i]{'expires'} = '3m'; # set default: 3 month
+ warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is invalid - set to 3 month.\n";
+ }
$Error .= "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error;
}
die $Error if $Error;
}
+################################# calcdelta #################################
+# Takes a date (year, month and day) and a time period (1d, 1w, 1m, 1y, ...)
+# and adds the latter to the former
+
+sub calcdelta {
+ my ($Year, $Month, $Day, $Period) = @_;
+ my ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
+
+ if ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([dw])/) { # Is counted in days or weeks: Use Add_Delta_Days.
+ ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_Days($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "w")?$1 * 7: $1 * 1));
+ } elsif ($Period =~ /(\d+)\s*([my])/) { #Is counted in months or years: Use Add_Delta_YM
+ ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay) = Add_Delta_YM($Year, $Month, $Day, (($2 eq "m")?(0,$1):($1,0)));
+ }
+ return ($NYear, $NMonth, $NDay);
+}
+
################################## postfaq ##################################
# Takes a filename and many other vars.
#
# It reads the data-file $File and then posts the article.
sub postfaq {
- my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes) = @_;
+ my ($ActName,$File,$From,$Subject,$NG,$Fup2,$MIDF,$ExtraHeaders,$Sender,$TDY,$TDM,$TDD,$ReplyTo,$Supersedes,$Expire) = @_;
my (@Header,@Body,$MID,$InRealBody,$LastModified);
+ if($Options{'v'}) {
+ print "$$ActName: Preparing to post.\n";
+ }
+
#Prepare MID:
$$TDM = ($$TDM < 10 && $$TDM !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDM : $$TDM;
$$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD;
my $year = (1900 + $time[5]);
my $tz = $time[8] ? " +0200" : " +0100";
- my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = Add_Delta_YM($year, $month, $day, 0, 3);
+ my ($expY,$expM,$expD) = calcdelta ($year,$month,$day,$$Expire);
my $expmonthN = ("Jan","Feb","Mar","Apr","May","Jun","Jul","Aug","Sep","Oct","Nov","Dec")[$expM-1];
my $date = "$day $monthN $year " . $hh . ":" . $mm . ":" . $ss . $tz;
my $expdate = "$expD $expmonthN $expY $hh:$mm:$ss$tz";
-
+
#Replace %LM by the content of the news.answer-pseudo-header Last-modified:
if ($LastModified) {
$$Subject =~ s/\%LM/$LastModified/;
}
+ # Test mode?
+ if($Options{'t'} and $Options{'t'} !~ /console/i) {
+ $$NG = $Options{'t'};
+ }
+
#Now create the complete Header:
push @Header, "From: $$From\n";
push @Header, "Newsgroups: $$NG\n";
my @Article = ($UsePGP)?@{signpgp(\@Header, \@Body)}:(@Header, "\n", @Body);
+ if($Options{'v'}) {
+ print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n";
+ }
post(\@Article);
+ if($Options{'v'}) {
+ print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n";
+ }
+
open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!";
print FH "##;; Lastpost: $day.$month.$year\n";
print FH "##;; LastMID: $MID\n";
sub post {
my ($ArticleR) = @_;
+ # Test mode?
+ if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) {
+ print "\n-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n";
+ print @$ArticleR;
+ print "\n------END---------------------------------------------------\n";
+ return;
+ }
+
my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($NNTPServer, Reader => 1)
or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$NNTPServer'!\n";