#! /bin/bash # vim: set tabstop=4 shiftwidth=4 expandtab filetype=sh: defaultNNTP="news.aioe.org" defaultGroups="comp.emulators.apple2:\ncomp.sys.apple2:\ncomp.sys.apple2.comm:\ncomp.sys.apple2.marketplace:\ncomp.sys.apple2.programmer:\ncomp.sys.apple2.usergroups:" if [[ ! $(dpkg -l tin 2> /dev/null | grep '^ii') ]]; then echo "Installing Tin newsreader..." sudo apt-get -y update sudo apt-get -y install tin &> /dev/null sudo apt-get -y clean fi if [[ $1 == "-h" || $1 == "--help" ]]; then echo "Usage: a2news [-s nntpServerAddress] [-m postingEmailAddress] [otherTinOptions]" echo " note: for full options, instead use 'tin'" exit 1 fi while [[ $1 == "-s" || $1 == "-m" ]]; do if [[ $1 == "-s" && $2 ]]; then nntpServer=$2 shift shift fi if [[ $1 == "-m" && $2 ]]; then emailAddress=$2 shift shift fi done mkdir -p ~/.tin if [[ ! -f ~/.newsrc ]]; then IFS=''; echo -e "$defaultGroups" > ~/.newsrc fi if [[ $nntpServer || ! -f ~/.tin/nntp.server ]]; then [[ ! $nntpServer ]] && nntpServer="$defaultNNTP" echo "$nntpServer" > ~/.tin/nntp.server else nntpServer=$(cat ~/.tin/nntp.server) fi if [[ $emailAddress || ! -f ~/.tin/tinrc ]]; then while [[ ! $emailAddress || ! $(grep "@" <<< $emailAddress) || ! $(grep "\." <<< $emailAddress) ]]; do echo -n "Enter the email address you want to post as: " read emailAddress=$REPLY done if [[ -f ~/.tin/tinrc ]]; then sed -i "s/^mail_address=.*$/mail_address=$emailAddress/" ~/.tin/tinrc else echo "mail_address=$emailAddress" > ~/.tin/tinrc fi fi NNTPSERVER=$nntpServer tin -r "$@"