> Hi Tony,
>> sorry if I ask too much but is a sort of doc add-on :-) How can I do the new
>> files announcements in the correct are using some script?
>The way I do it is kind of involved, using 3 scripts.  Maybe Kim will have som
> easier way to do this that I didn't think of at the time.  I wrote these
> scripts a long time ago, and they work for me 
> I use these scripts to grab the new file announcements from
>/home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt, and copy it to a message area and post it, and I
> also copy the info to my web page's "new files" section.
> Script one is called 'parsefile':
> ===start parsefile===
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /home/bbbs/test
> if test -e /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt ; then
> echo "File Exists"
> cp /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt /home/bbbs/test
> cat tickinfo.txt | sed 's/Area/\
> Area/' > test.txt
> cat test.txt | sed 's/Origin/\
> Origin/' > test2.txt
> cat test2.txt /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt > new.txt
> cp new.txt /home/bbbs/test/newtick.txt
> cp new.txt /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt
> cp test2.txt /home/bbbs/work/tickinfo.txt
> cd /home/bbbs
> ./shareware.rpt
> else
> echo "no file to process"
> fi
> cd /home/bbbs/bin
> sudo ./cpticinfo
> cd /home/bbbs
> ===end parsefile===
> As you can see, parsefile is the master script, calling shareware.rpt and
> cpticinfo.
> ===shareware.rpt===
> cd /home/bbbs
> rm File_Announce_*
> mv -f work/tickinfo.txt /home/bbs/oldlist.txt split -l 24 oldlist.txt
> File_Announce_ chmod 700 File_Announce*
> dir -1 File_Announce* > msglst
> for file in `cat msglst`
> do
>./bbbs btxt2bbs fido.shareware_support $file /f The IFDC FileGate /t All /s Ne
> file Arrival
> sleep 5
> done
> ./bbbs bogus f echotoss.log
> ===
> ===cpticinfo===
> #!/bin/sh
> cd /home/bbbs/htdocs
> if test /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt -nt /var/www/tickinfo.txt ; then
> cp /home/bbbs/htdocs/tickinfo.txt /var/www/tickinfo.txt
> fi
> ===
> This is a file that I keep in my bbbs directory since cpticinfo needs it:
> ===echotoss.log===
> fido.SHAREWARE_SUPPORT
> === end echotoss.log==
> SHAREWARE_SUPPORT is the echo I post the announcements in.
>Hope this helps.. If I had to write this whole thing again today, I'd probably
> faint LOL
> Take care,
> Janis

Thank you Janis.

Tony

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