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amitcphelperv1.19
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1995-03-25
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.KEY HOST,GROUPS/K,HISTORY/K,STAMP/K,KILL/K,TO/K,PANIC/K,BATCH/K/N,BLIP/K/N,TRACE/K
;*
;* Sample script to invoke nntp client and add news to uucp Newsbase
;*
;* Mandatory parameter of name of news server; all other parameters have
;* reasonable defaults (assuming you have a uulib:NewsGroups file).
;*
.def HOST news.demon.co.uk ;for Demon subscribers only !
.def GROUPS "UULIB:NewsGroups" ;file containing list of groups
.def HISTORY "AmiTCP:db/NewsHistory" ;file containing news history
.def STAMP "AmiTCP:db/NewsStamp" ;file containing date news last retrieved
.def KILL "AmiTCP:db/nntpKillFile" ;file containing kill instructions
.def BLIP 5 ;frequency of display of blipmsg
.def TO "uuspool:NewsBatch" ;file to contain batched news
.def PANIC 3000000 ;maximum size of pending news in T:
.def BATCH 3 ;maximum number of requests batched to server
.def TRACE 5 ;amount of information displayed (used to be 5)
.BRA {
.KET }
if NOT EXISTS {Groups} ;Check we have a Groups file
echo "You must set up a '{Groups}' file, or give the name"
echo "of another file containing the news groups you want"
quit 10
endif
if NOT {Host} eq localhost
if NOT {Host} eq $HostName
if NOT {Host} eq $NodeName
if NOT $Slip0State eq Online
echo "NNTPTransfer: Not connected."
quit 10
endif
endif
endif
endif
endif
echo "Pulling News..."
echo >t:nntpclient-Commands "NEWGROUPS t:nntp-NewGroups*NNEWNEWS {Groups} {to}"
failat 16 ;nntpclient has done something at error level 10
Amitcp:bin/nntpclient <t:nntpclient-Commands {host} COMPLEX BATCH {batch} BLIP {blip} BLIPMSG "%5ld articles received" HISTORYFILE {history} STAMPFILE {stamp} TRACE {trace}
if $RC EQ 15
wait 2
echo "Trying ... "{HOST}
amitcp:bin/nntptransfer {HOST}
quit
endif
;type t:nntpclient-Commands ;diagnostic - commented out
failat 15 ;back to default
delete t:nntpclient-Commands QUIET ;don't want command file now
if exists t:nntp-NewGroups ;Got any new groups ?
echo "{host} has the following new news groups:"
echo
type t:nntp-NewGroups ; Show new groups
delete t:nntp-NewGroups quiet ; and get rid of the file
endif
if exists {to}
failat 30 ;don't worry if we can't find GetPriority
amitcp:bin/getpriority >nil: ;preserve the current priority in a local variable
failat 20 ;back to default
changetaskpri -4 ;postprocessing is a background task
; rnews {to} ;postprocess news to uucp news base
; failat 10 ; because
; delete {to} quiet ;get rid of the postprocessed file
get >nil: Priority ;check that Priority local var. was set
if not WARN
changetaskpri $Priority ;re-instate the saved priority
endif
else
echo "Sorry, no news transferred"
endif