[net.news.b] Problems with sendbatch script

usenet@neuro1.UUCP (USENET maintenance) (08/13/85)

I was having terrible problems with sendbatch stopping execution after the
first 50000 bytes, so I altered it to work for me..... Any thought why it
failed after the first 50000 bytes?
Stan Barber

-------- revised sendbatch.sh follows -----------
: '@(#)sendbatch.sh	1.4 8/12/85'
# set -x
sstat=0
for rmt in $*
do
	while test $sstat -eq 0 -a \( -s /usr/spool/batch/$rmt -o -s /usr/spool/batch/$rmt.work \)
	do
		/usr/lib/news/batch /usr/spool/batch/$rmt 50000 >/tmp/send$$
		if test $? -eq 0
			then
				if test -s /usr/spool/batch/$rmt.cmd
				then
					/usr/spool/batch/$rmt.cmd </tmp/send$$ 
					sstat=$?
				else
					uux - -r -z $rmt!rnews </tmp/send$$
					sstat=$?
				fi
		fi
	done	
	rm /tmp/send$$
done