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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
-