X-Git-Url: https://code.th-h.de/?p=usenet%2Fyapfaq.git;a=blobdiff_plain;f=yapfaq.pl;h=14efde4e10507f9cf5bdb60425955246f3aaffa5;hp=a2042db628c106cb11887ab01ac1ceefb9a509c5;hb=227afd47f619343b93c4c7de22deea44b8562939;hpb=40847f71a0fdb2d321d76a97f3ab2d198b58f447 diff --git a/yapfaq.pl b/yapfaq.pl index a2042db..14efde4 100644 --- a/yapfaq.pl +++ b/yapfaq.pl @@ -14,27 +14,29 @@ my $Version = "0.6.2"; -my $NNTPServer = "localhost"; -my $NNTPUser = ""; -my $NNTPPass = ""; -my $Sender = ""; -my $ConfigFile = "yapfaq.cfg"; -my $UsePGP = 0; - -################################## PGP-Config ################################# - -my $pgp = '/usr/bin/pgp'; # path to pgp -my $PGPVersion = '2'; # Use 2 for 2.X, 5 for PGP > 2.X and GPG for GPG - -my $PGPSigner = ''; # sign as who? -my $PGPPass = ''; # pgp2 only -my $PathtoPGPPass = ''; # pgp2, pgp5 and gpg - - -my $pgpbegin ='-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----';# Begin of PGP-Signature -my $pgpend ='-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----'; # End of PGP-Signature -my $pgptmpf ='pgptmp'; # temporary file for PGP. -my $pgpheader ='X-PGP-Sig'; +my $RCFile = '.yapfaqrc'; +my @ValidConfVars = ('NNTPServer','NNTPUser','NNTPPass','Sender','ConfigFile', + 'UsePGP','pgp','PGPVersion','PGPSigner','PGPPass', + 'PathtoPGPPass','pgpbegin','pgpend','pgptmpf','pgpheader'); + +################################### Defaults ################################## +my %Config = (NNTPServer => "localhost", + NNTPUser => "", + NNTPPass => "", + Sender => "", + ConfigFile => "yapfaq.cfg", + UsePGP => 0, + + ################################## PGP-Config ################################# + pgp => '/usr/bin/pgp', # path to pgp + PGPVersion => '2', # Use 2 for 2.X, 5 for PGP > 2.X and GPG for GPG + PGPSigner => '', # sign as who? + PGPPass => '', # pgp2 only + PathtoPGPPass => '', # pgp2, pgp5 and gpg + pgpbegin => '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----', # Begin of PGP-Signature + pgpend => '-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----', # End of PGP-Signature + pgptmpf => 'pgptmp', # temporary file for PGP. + pgpheader => 'X-PGP-Sig'); my @PGPSignHeaders = ('From', 'Newsgroups', 'Subject', 'Control', 'Supersedes', 'Followup-To', 'Date', 'Sender', 'Approved', @@ -58,17 +60,39 @@ use Fcntl ':flock'; # import LOCK_* constants use Getopt::Std; my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date +# read commandline options my %Options; -getopts('hvpdt:f:', \%Options); +getopts('Vhvpdt:f:c:s:', \%Options); +# -V: print version / copyright information +if ($Options{'V'}) { + print "$0 v $Version\nCopyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt \nCopyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein \n"; + print "This program is free software; you may redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.\n"; + exit(0); +} +# -h: feed myself to perldoc if ($Options{'h'}) { - print "$0 v $Version\nUsage: $0 [-hvpd] [-t ] [-f ]\n"; + exec ('perldoc', $0); exit(0); }; +# -f: set $Faq my ($Faq) = $Options{'f'} if ($Options{'f'}); +# read runtime configuration (configuration variables) +$RCFile = $Options{'c'} if ($Options{'c'}); +if (-f $RCFile) { + readrc (\$RCFile,\%Config); +} else { + warn "$0: W: .rc file $RCFile does not exist!\n"; +} + +# read configuration (configured FAQs) my @Config; -readconfig (\$ConfigFile, \@Config, \$Faq); +readconfig (\$Config{'ConfigFile'}, \@Config, \$Faq); +# for each FAQ: +# - parse configuration +# - read status data +# - if FAQ is due: call postfaq() foreach (@Config) { my ($LPD,$LPM,$LPY) = (01, 01, 0001); #LP: Last posting-date my ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD); #NP: Next posting-date @@ -79,8 +103,10 @@ foreach (@Config) { my ($MIDF,$ReplyTo,$ExtHea)=($$_{'mid-format'},$$_{'reply-to'},$$_{'extraheader'}); my ($Supersede) =($$_{'supersede'}); + # -f: loop if not FAQ to post next if (defined($Faq) && $ActName ne $Faq); + # read status data if (open (FH, "<$File.cfg")) { while(){ if (/##;; Lastpost:\s*(\d{1,2})\.(\d{1,2})\.(\d{2}(\d{2})?)/){ @@ -98,11 +124,12 @@ foreach (@Config) { ($NPY,$NPM,$NPD) = calcdelta ($LPY,$LPM,$LPD,$PFreq); + # if FAQ is due: get it out if (Delta_Days($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 $Options{'v'}; } else { - postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Sender,\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire); + postfaq(\$ActName,\$File,\$From,\$Subject,\$NG,\$Fup2,\$MIDF,\$ExtHea,\$Config{'Sender'},\$TDY,\$TDM,\$TDD,\$ReplyTo,\$SupersedeMID,\$Expire); } } elsif($Options{'v'}) { print "$ActName: Nothing to do.\n"; @@ -111,6 +138,26 @@ foreach (@Config) { exit; +#################################### readrc #################################### +# Takes a filename and the reference to an array which contains the valid options + +sub readrc{ + my ($File, $Config) = @_; + + print "Reading $$File.\n" if($Options{'v'}); + + open FH, "<$$File" or die "$0: Can't open $$File: $!"; + while () { + if (/^\s*(\S+)\s*=\s*'?(.*?)'?\s*(#.*$|$)/) { + if (grep(/$1/,@ValidConfVars)) { + $$Config{$1} = $2 if $2 ne ''; + } else { + warn "$0: W: $1 is not a valid configuration variable (reading from $$File)\n"; + } + } + } +} + ################################## readconfig ################################## # Takes a filename, a reference to an array, which will hold hashes with # the data from $File, and - optionally - the name of the (single) FAQ to post @@ -138,16 +185,25 @@ sub readconfig{ #Check saved values: for $i (0..$i){ next if (defined($$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 \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n" + unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'name'}) && $$Config[$i]{'name'} =~ /^\S+$/) { + $Error .= "E: The name of your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n" + } + unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'file'}) && -f $$Config[$i]{'file'}) { + $Error .= "E: The file to post for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or does not exist.\n" + } + unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'from'}) && $$Config[$i]{'from'} =~ /\S+\@(\S+\.)?\S{2,}\.\S{2,}/) { + $Error .= "E: The From header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be incorrect.\n" + } + unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'ngs'}) && $$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) { + $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined or contains whitespaces.\n" } - unless($$Config[$i]{'ngs'} =~ /^\S+$/) { - $Error .= "E: The Newsgroups-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n" + unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'subject'})) { + $Error .= "E: The Subject header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" is not defined.\n" } unless(!$$Config[$i]{'fup2'} || $$Config[$i]{'fup2'} =~ /^\S+$/) { - $Error .= "E: The Followup-To-header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n" + $Error .= "E: The Followup-To header for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" contains whitespaces.\n" } - unless($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) { + unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'posting-frequency'}) && $$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'} || $$Config[$i]{'expires'} =~ /^\s*\d+\s*[dwmy]\s*$/) { @@ -156,8 +212,8 @@ sub readconfig{ unless(defined($$Config[$i]{'mid-format'}) && $$Config[$i]{'mid-format'} =~ /^<\S+\@\S{2,}\.\S{2,}>$/) { warn "$0: W: The Expires for your project \"$$Config[$i]{'name'}\" seems to be invalid - set to default.\n"; } - $Error .= "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error; } + $Error .= "-" x 25 . 'program terminated' . "-" x 25 . "\n" if $Error; die $Error if $Error; } @@ -193,12 +249,12 @@ sub postfaq { $$TDD = ($$TDD < 10 && $$TDD !~ /^0/) ? "0" . $$TDD : $$TDD; $MID = $$MIDF; + $MID = '<%n-%d.%m.%y@'.hostfqdn.'>' if !defined($MID); $MID =~ s/\%n/$$ActName/g; $MID =~ s/\%d/$$TDD/g; $MID =~ s/\%m/$$TDM/g; $MID =~ s/\%y/$$TDY/g; - #Now get the body: open (FH, "<$$File"); while (){ @@ -260,14 +316,17 @@ sub postfaq { push @Header, "$_\n" for (split /\n/, $$ExtraHeaders); } - my @Article = ($UsePGP)?@{signpgp(\@Header, \@Body)}:(@Header, "\n", @Body); + # sign article if $UsePGP is true + my @Article = ($Config{'UsePGP'})?@{signpgp(\@Header, \@Body)}:(@Header, "\n", @Body); + # post article print "$$ActName: Posting article ...\n" if($Options{'v'}); post(\@Article); # Test mode? return if($Options{'t'}); + # otherwise: update status data print "$$ActName: Save status information.\n" if($Options{'v'}); open (FH, ">$$File.cfg") or die "$0: E: Can't open $$File.cfg: $!"; @@ -286,20 +345,27 @@ sub post { # Test mode? if(defined($Options{'t'}) and $Options{'t'} =~ /console/i) { - print "\n-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n"; + print "-----BEGIN--------------------------------------------------\n"; print @$ArticleR; - print "\n------END---------------------------------------------------\n"; + print "------END---------------------------------------------------\n"; return; } - my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($NNTPServer, Reader => 1) - or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$NNTPServer'!\n"; + # pipe to script? + if(defined($Options{'s'})) { + open (POST, "| $Options{'s'}") or die "$0: E: Cannot fork $Options{'s'}: $!\n"; + print POST @$ArticleR; + close POST; + return; + } - $NewsConnection->authinfo ($NNTPUser, $NNTPPass); + my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($Config{'NNTPServer'}, Reader => 1) or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$Config{'NNTPServer'}'!\n"; + $NewsConnection->authinfo ($Config{'NNTPUser'}, $Config{'NNTPPass'}) if (defined($Config{'NNTPUser'})); $NewsConnection->post(); $NewsConnection->datasend (@$ArticleR); $NewsConnection->dataend(); + # Posting failed? Save to ERROR.dat if (!$NewsConnection->ok()) { open FH, ">>ERROR.dat"; print FH "\nPosting failed! Saving to ERROR.dat. Response from news server:\n"; @@ -324,26 +390,26 @@ sub getpgpcommand { my $PGPCommand; if ($PGPVersion eq '2') { - if ($PathtoPGPPass && !$PGPPass) { - open (PGPPW, $PathtoPGPPass) or die "$0: E: Can't open $PathtoPGPPass: $!"; - $PGPPass = ; + if ($Config{'PathtoPGPPass'} && !$Config{'PGPPass'}) { + open (PGPPW, $Config{'PathtoPGPPass'}) or die "$0: E: Can't open $Config{'PathtoPGPPass'}: $!"; + Config{'$PGPPass'} = ; close PGPPW; } - if ($PGPPass) { - $PGPCommand = "PGPPASS=\"".$PGPPass."\" ".$pgp." -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" +verbose=0 language='en' -saft <".$pgptmpf.".txt >".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc"; + if (Config{'$PGPPass'}) { + $PGPCommand = "PGPPASS=\"".$Config{'PGPPass'}."\" ".$Config{'pgp'}." -u \"".$Config{'PGPSigner'}."\" +verbose=0 language='en' -saft <".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt >".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt.asc"; } else { die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n"; } } elsif ($PGPVersion eq '5') { - if ($PathtoPGPPass) { - $PGPCommand = "PGPPASSFD=2 ".$pgp."s -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -t --armor -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc -z -f < ".$pgptmpf.".txt 2<".$PathtoPGPPass; + if ($Config{'PathtoPGPPass'}) { + $PGPCommand = "PGPPASSFD=2 ".$Config{'pgp'}."s -u \"".$Config{'PGPSigner'}."\" -t --armor -o ".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt.asc -z -f < ".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt 2<".$Config{'PathtoPGPPass'}; } else { die "$0: E: PGP-Passphrase is unknown!\n"; } } elsif ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io) { - if ($PathtoPGPPass) { - $PGPCommand = $pgp." --digest-algo MD5 -a -u \"".$PGPSigner."\" -o ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc --no-tty --batch --passphrase-fd 2 2<".$PathtoPGPPass." --clearsign ".$pgptmpf.".txt"; + if (Config{'$PathtoPGPPass'}) { + $PGPCommand = $Config{'pgp'}." --digest-algo MD5 -a -u \"".$Config{'PGPSigner'}."\" -o ".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt.asc --no-tty --batch --passphrase-fd 2 2<".$Config{'PathtoPGPPass'}." --clearsign ".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt"; } else { die "$0: E: Passphrase is unknown!\n"; } @@ -386,8 +452,8 @@ sub signpgp { $pgpbody = join ("", @$BodyR); # Delete and create the temporary pgp-Files - unlink "$pgptmpf.txt"; - unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc"; + unlink "$Config{'pgptmpf'}.txt"; + unlink "$Config{'pgptmpf'}.txt.asc"; $signheaders = join(",", @signheaders); $pgphead = "X-Signed-Headers: $signheaders\n"; @@ -397,37 +463,37 @@ sub signpgp { } } - open(FH, ">" . $pgptmpf . ".txt") or die "$0: E: can't open $pgptmpf: $!\n"; + open(FH, ">" . $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt") or die "$0: E: can't open $Config{'pgptmpf'}: $!\n"; print FH $pgphead, "\n", $pgpbody; - print FH "\n" if ($PGPVersion =~ m/GPG/io); # workaround a pgp/gpg incompatibility - should IMHO be fixed in pgpverify + print FH "\n" if ($Config{'PGPVersion'} =~ m/GPG/io); # workaround a pgp/gpg incompatibility - should IMHO be fixed in pgpverify close(FH) or warn "$0: W: Couldn't close TMP: $!\n"; # Start PGP, then read the signature; - my $PGPCommand = getpgpcommand($PGPVersion); + my $PGPCommand = getpgpcommand($Config{'PGPVersion'}); `$PGPCommand`; - open (FH, "<" . $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc") or die "$0: E: can't open ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc: $!\n"; - $/ = "$pgpbegin\n"; + open (FH, "<" . $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt.asc") or die "$0: E: can't open ".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt.asc: $!\n"; + $/ = "$Config{'pgpbegin'}\n"; $_ = ; - unless (m/\Q$pgpbegin\E$/o) { -# unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt"; -# unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc"; - die "$0: E: $pgpbegin not found in ".$pgptmpf.".txt.asc\n" + unless (m/\Q$Config{'pgpbegin'}\E$/o) { +# unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt"; +# unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt.asc"; + die "$0: E: $Config{'pgpbegin'} not found in ".$Config{'pgptmpf'}.".txt.asc\n" } - unlink($pgptmpf . ".txt") or warn "$0: W: Couldn't unlink $pgptmpf.txt: $!\n"; + unlink($Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt") or warn "$0: W: Couldn't unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'}.txt: $!\n"; $/ = "\n"; $_ = ; unless (m/^Version: (\S+)(?:\s(\S+))?/o) { - unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt"; - unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc"; + unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt"; + unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt.asc"; die "$0: E: didn't find PGP Version line where expected.\n"; } if (defined($2)) { - $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1."-".$2." ".$signheaders; + $$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}} = $1."-".$2." ".$signheaders; } else { - $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} = $1." ".$signheaders; + $$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}} = $1." ".$signheaders; } do { # skip other pgp headers like @@ -436,23 +502,23 @@ sub signpgp { while () { chomp; - last if /^\Q$pgpend\E$/; - $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n\t$_"; + last if /^\Q$Config{'pgpend'}\E$/; + $$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}} .= "\n\t$_"; } - $$HeaderR{$pgpheader} .= "\n" unless ($$HeaderR{$pgpheader} =~ /\n$/s); + $$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}} .= "\n" unless ($$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}} =~ /\n$/s); $_ = ; unless (eof(FH)) { - unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt"; - unlink $pgptmpf . ".txt.asc"; - die "$0: E: unexpected data following $pgpend\n"; + unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt"; + unlink $Config{'pgptmpf'} . ".txt.asc"; + die "$0: E: unexpected data following $Config{'pgpend'}\n"; } close(FH); - unlink "$pgptmpf.txt.asc"; + unlink "$Config{'pgptmpf'}.txt.asc"; - my $tmppgpheader = $pgpheader . ": " . $$HeaderR{$pgpheader}; - delete $$HeaderR{$pgpheader}; + my $tmppgpheader = $Config{'pgpheader'} . ": " . $$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}}; + delete $$HeaderR{$Config{'pgpheader'}}; @pgphead = (); foreach $header (@PGPorderheaders) { @@ -469,7 +535,7 @@ sub signpgp { } } - push @pgphead, ("X-PGP-Key: " . $PGPSigner . "\n"), $tmppgpheader; + push @pgphead, ("X-PGP-Key: " . $Config{'PGPSigner'} . "\n"), $tmppgpheader; undef $tmppgpheader; @pgpbody = split /$/m, $pgpbody; @@ -487,7 +553,7 @@ yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)> =head1 SYNOPSIS -B [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I] +B [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I] [B<-s> I] [B<-c> I<.rc file>] =head1 REQUIREMENTS @@ -523,7 +589,8 @@ headers as defined in its config file (by default F). F consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set -of definitions in the form of I. +of definitions in the form of I. Everything after a "#" +sign is ignored so you may comment your configuration file. =over 4 @@ -619,7 +686,7 @@ This setting is optional. =back -=head2 Example configuration file +=head3 Example configuration file # name of your project Name = 'testpost' @@ -675,19 +742,112 @@ This setting is optional. MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>' Supersede = yes +=head3 Status Information + Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for posts is stored in a file named F.cfg> which will be generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation. +=head2 Runtime Configuration + +Apart from configuring which FAQ(s) to post you may (re)set some +runtime configuration variables via the .rcfile (by default +F<.yapfaqrc>). F<.yapfaqrc> must contain one definition in the form of +I on each line; everything after a "#" sign is ignored. + +If you omit some settings they will be set to default values hardcoded +in F. + +B + +=over 4 + +=item B = I (mandatory) + +Host name of the NNTP server to post to. Must be set (or omitted; the +default is "localhost"); if set to en empty string, B falls +back to Perl's build-in defaults (contents of environment variables +NNTPSERVER and NEWSHOST; if not set, default from Net::Config; if not +set, "news" is used). + +=item B = I (optional) + +User name used for authentication with the NNTP server (I). + +This setting is optional; if it is not set, I is ignored and +no authentication is tried. + +=item B = I (optional) + +Password used for authentication with the NNTP server (I). + +This setting is optional; it must be set if I is present. + +=item B = I (optional) + +The Sender header that will be added to every posted message. + +This setting is optional. + +=item B = I (mandatory) + +The configuration file defining the FAQ(s) to post. Must be set (or +omitted; the default is "yapfaq.cfg"). + +=item B = I (optional) + +Boolean value (0 or 1) controlling whether the FAQs will get digitally +signed via an X-PGP-Sig header. + +This setting is optional; the default is 0. + +If you have set I to 1, you must also supply the necessary +information on your PGP oder GPG installation; please refer to the +sample F<.yapfaqrc> file (see below) for more information on this +topic. + +=back + +=head3 Example runtime configuration file + + NNTPServer = 'localhost' + NNTPUser = '' + NNTPPass = '' + Sender = '' + ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg' + UsePGP = 0 + + ################################## PGP-Config ################################# + pgp = '/usr/bin/pgp' # path to pgp + PGPVersion = '2' # Use 2 for 2.X 5 for PGP > 2.X and GPG for GPG + PGPSigner = '' # sign as who? + PGPPass = '' # pgp2 only + PathtoPGPPass = '' # pgp2 pgp5 and gpg + pgpbegin = '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----' # Begin of PGP-Signature + pgpend = '-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----' # End of PGP-Signature + pgptmpf = 'pgptmp' # temporary file for PGP. + pgpheader = 'X-PGP-Sig' + +=head3 Using more than one runtime configuration + +You may use more than one runtime configuration file with the B<-c> +option (see below). + =head1 OPTIONS =over 3 +=item B<-V> (version) + +Print out version and copyright information on B and exit. + =item B<-h> (help) -Print out version and usage information on B and exit. +Print this man page and exit. =item B<-v> (verbose) @@ -726,6 +886,19 @@ will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to achieve, so you can limit the operation of B to the named FAQ only. +=item B<-s> I (pipe to script) + +Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external +I on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return +value of 0 will be considered success. + +=item B<-c> I<.rc file> + +Load another runtime configuration file (.rc file) than F<.yaofaq.rc>. + +You may for example define another usenet server to post your FAQ(s) +to or load another configuration file defining (an)other FAQ(s). + =back =head1 EXAMPLES @@ -760,6 +933,10 @@ There are no special environment variables used by B. The script itself. +=item F<.yapfaqrc> + +Runtime configuration file for B. + =item F Configuration file for B. @@ -788,10 +965,9 @@ version of this program. Thomas Hochstein -Original author (until version 0.5b from 2003): +Original author (up to version 0.5b, dating from 2003): Marc Brockschmidt - =head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt