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Add option '-s': pipe article to script.

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Use an external program to post - or otherwise handle -
the article.

Amend documentation.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
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Thomas Hochstein 2010-04-10 02:14:59 +02:00
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@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ my ($TDY, $TDM, $TDD) = Today(); #TD: Today's date
# read commandline options
my %Options;
getopts('Vhvpdt:f:', \%Options);
getopts('Vhvpdt:f:s:', \%Options);
# -V: print version / copyright information
if ($Options{'V'}) {
print "$0 v $Version\nCopyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc\@marcbrockschmidt.de>\nCopyright (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh\@inter.net>\n";
@ -321,6 +321,14 @@ sub post {
return;
}
# pipe to script?
if(defined($Options{'s'})) {
open (POST, "| $Options{'s'}") or die "$0: E: Cannot fork $Options{'s'}: $!\n";
print POST @$ArticleR;
close POST;
return;
}
my $NewsConnection = Net::NNTP->new($NNTPServer, Reader => 1)
or die "$0: E: Can't connect to news server '$NNTPServer'!\n";
@ -517,7 +525,7 @@ yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
=head1 SYNOPSIS
B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>]
B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>]
=head1 REQUIREMENTS
@ -760,6 +768,12 @@ will be posted unconditionally. That may not be what you want to
achieve, so you can limit the operation of B<yapfaq> to the named FAQ
only.
=item B<-s> I<program> (pipe to script)
Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external
I<program> on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return
value of 0 will be considered success.
=back
=head1 EXAMPLES