ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) (02/09/88)
This is really a query to determine the best, if there is one, way to unpack comp.mail.maps files, since they seem to come in every day or so now. I used to simply type '1000-1050w | (cd /v/hostnames/map; unshar)' at rn when the maps came in once a month or so... but now since the distribution is split across the entire month, this is really a pain! Plus the fact that I can't seem to figure out when the damned cut off is :-) -- ron@vsedev.vse.com (Ron Flax) uucp: ..!uunet!vsedev!ron inet: vsedev!ron@uunet.uu.net
lyndon@ncc.UUCP (Lyndon Nerenberg) (02/12/88)
Manually unpacking the maps is becoming a bit unreasonable these
days. Actually, it's quite simple to automate this. First, add the
following line to your sys file:
MAPS:world,comp.mail.maps::/usr/local/lib/getmaps
Next, install the following script in /usr/local/lib/getmaps (
or wherever is appropriate):
#!/bin/sh
#
# getmaps - unpack the usenet maps
#
umask 2
cd /usr/spool/uucppublic/uumap
sed -e '1,/^$/d' | sh
Not too fancy, but it's been working here for over a year :-)
--lyndon {alberta,utzoo}!ncc!lyndonmikel@codas.att.com (Mikel Manitius) (02/12/88)
In article <1059@vsedev.VSE.COM> ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) writes: > > This is really a query to determine the best, if there is one, way to > unpack comp.mail.maps files, since they seem to come in every day or > so now. This definetly isn't the best, but it's simple and clean. Get yourself in the right directory, and feed anything in comp.mail.maps through: sed -e '1,/^[:#]/d' | sh And beware of trojan horses! -- Mikel Manitius @ AT&T mikel@codas.att.com
gerry@syntron.UUCP (G. Roderick Singleton) (02/13/88)
In article <1059@vsedev.VSE.COM> ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) writes: >This is really a query to determine the best, if there is one, way to >unpack comp.mail.maps files, since they seem to come in every day or >so now. > >I used to simply type '1000-1050w | (cd /v/hostnames/map; unshar)' at >rn when the maps came in once a month or so... but now since the >distribution is split across the entire month, this is really a pain! >Plus the fact that I can't seem to figure out when the damned cut off >is :-) > >-- >ron@vsedev.vse.com (Ron Flax) >uucp: ..!uunet!vsedev!ron >inet: vsedev!ron@uunet.uu.net Some time ago a friend gave me a map handler that does a marvelous job. It even takes care of supersedes. I mangled it a bit of course but because it's so useful here (we are currently at the end of a feed) I am including it for yours and anyone else's use: #! /bin/sh # This is a shell archive. Remove anything before this line, then unpack # it by saving it into a file and typing "sh file". To overwrite existing # files, type "sh file -c". You can also feed this as standard input via # unshar, or by typing "sh <file", e.g.. If this archive is complete, you # will see the following message at the end: # "End of shell archive." # Contents: xmaps # Wrapped by gerry@syntron on Fri Feb 12 20:22:11 1988 PATH=/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/ucb ; export PATH if test -f xmaps -a "${1}" != "-c" ; then echo shar: Will not over-write existing file \"xmaps\" else echo shar: Extracting \"xmaps\" \(1146 characters\) sed "s/^X//" >xmaps <<'END_OF_xmaps' X#! /bin/sh X X# Moves the UUCP maps to the appropriate directory, un-shars them, and X# pitches the originals. X X# Written 30 December 1987 by Stanley F. Quayle X# modified to automatically execute pathalias and pathproc to generate and X# install paths -- 14 January 1988 by G. Roderick Singleton X Xumask 002 X X# Exit if news is executing (and probably unbatching) Xif [ -r /usr/spool/uucp/LCK.XQT ] ; then X echo "News is being received, cannot execute." X exit 0 Xfi X X# Exit if no maps have been received recently Xgrep -s "comp.mail.maps" /usr/lib/news/log || exit 0 X X# Create temporary directory Xmkdir /usr/u/Maps/tmp X X# Change directory Xcd /usr/u/Maps/tmp X X# Move the maps Xmv /usr/spool/news/comp/mail/maps/* . X X# Unshar them X/usr/local/bin/unshar [0-9]* >/dev/null X X# Zap the originals, and any shar messages Xrm -f [0-9]* s.log s.tmp X X# Compress the maps X/usr/lib/news/compress * X X# Move everyone to the Maps directory, replacing as needed Xmv * .. X X# Zap the temporary directory Xcd /usr/u/Maps Xrmdir /usr/u/Maps/tmp X X# now create the new paths file X# /usr/local/bin/pathalias -f * | /usr/local/bin/pathproc >newpaths X# cp newpaths /usr/lib/uucp Xexit 0 END_OF_xmaps if test 1146 -ne `wc -c <xmaps`; then echo shar: \"xmaps\" unpacked with wrong size! fi chmod +x xmaps # end of overwriting check fi echo shar: End of shell archive. exit 0 -- G. Roderick Singleton | "ALL animals are created equal, <gerry@syntron.uucp>, | BUT some animals are MORE equal or <gerry@geac.uucp>, | than others." a warning from or <gerry@eclectic.uucp> | "Animal Farm" by George Orwell
pleasant@rutgers.rutgers.edu (Mel Pleasant) (02/13/88)
In article <1059@vsedev.VSE.COM> ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) writes: > This is really a query to determine the best, if there is one, way to > unpack comp.mail.maps files, since they seem to come in every day or > so now. > > I used to simply type '1000-1050w | (cd /v/hostnames/map; unshar)' at > rn when the maps came in once a month or so... but now since the > distribution is split across the entire month, this is really a pain! > Plus the fact that I can't seem to figure out when the damned cut off > is :-) FLAME ON: Click your heals and repeat three times after me: there is no `damned cutoff' There is no `damned cutoff' *THERE* *IS* *NO* `*DAMNED* *CUTOFF*' I've answered this a couple of times. There was even an announcement about this. Once again, in an effort to turn map updates around quickly, we now post the map files as we receive new entries and updates. There is no such thing as a monthly posting anymore. There is no such thing as a DONE file anymore. I kid you not. Really!!! Truly!!! Gone for good (hopefully) are these. Once a month we post every file that has not been posted, due to not being updated, in the last 30 days. This guarantees that a new site will eventually receive all of the files. The official software that will help you receive and use these files are Bnews 2.11 (patch #14), pathalias version 9, and uuhosts. All can be had by writing to Rich Salz (salz@pineapple.bbn.com). If you choose to use other software to deal with the postings, you're on your own. I don't want to get into things like guaranteeing that a certain string will appear a certain way everytime. The only guarantees I'd like to make is that the software mentioned above does the job. That's it. That's all. :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) FLAME OFF: A couple of folks have sent/posted suggestions about posting shortened versions of our updates. I haven't responded to any of these yet because I've been rather busy. However, I'd like to say that I like the idea of using `ar' and posting map entries individually. Besides the bashing the net would take if/when a switchover to this mode occurred, does any see any problems with this type of setup? -- Mel Pleasant {backbone}!rutgers!pleasant pleasant@rutgers.edu mpleasant@zodiac.bitnet
rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) (02/13/88)
In news.sysadmin (<8283@rutgers.rutgers.edu>), pleasant@rutgers.rutgers.edu (Mel Pleasant) writes: > The official software you need to unpack the maps >are Bnews 2.11 (patch #14), pathalias version 9, and uuhosts. All can >be had by writing to Rich Salz (salz@pineapple.bbn.com). It's rsalz, not salz, and "sources@uunet.uu.net" is a better address; mail there doesn't interfere with my work as much (your tax dollars...), and please don't ask me for 2.11 news -- get it from an upstream site. :-), /r$ -- For comp.sources.unix stuff, mail to sources@uunet.uu.net.
kutz@bgsuvax.UUCP (Kenneth Kutz) (02/16/88)
In article <1059@vsedev.VSE.COM>, ron@vsedev.VSE.COM (Ron Flax) writes: > This is really a query to determine the best, if there is one, way to > unpack comp.mail.maps files, since they seem to come in every day or > so now. > Here at BGSU we have an unbatching scheme as follows: In "/usr/lib/crontab" we have the following line: 30 5 2,9,16,23,30 * * news /usr/local/uuhosts -unbatch "uuhosts" is a script which will automatically unbatch the map files among other things. This script looks for a file called "Batch" in the "/usr/local/lib/news/maps/comp.mail.maps" directory. In this file is a list of maps which have been received and not unbatched yet. "uuhosts" then uses this list to unbatch the files. Another file which comes in to play is /usr/lib/news/sys which on our system looks like: tut:oh,net,world,comp,news,sci,rec,misc,soc,talk,usa,na,mod,to,to.tut:LF:/usr/spool/batch/tut.cis.ohio-state.edu #osu-cis:oh,net,world,comp,news,sci,rec,misc,soc,talk,usa,na,mod,to,to.osu-cis:LB: bgsuvax:net,world,comp,news,sci,rec,misc,soc,talk,oh,usa,na,mod,local,alt,to,to.bgsuvax:: bgsu-stu:local,to,to.bgsu-stu:: maps:world,comp.mail.maps:F:/usr/local/lib/news/maps/comp.mail.maps/Batch This file is the SYSTEM subscription list. Only those newsgroups that you specify will be the ones that your site receives. For example, bgsu-stu only receives local stuff since we don't want students reading news on this system. Once the files are "unbatched" (which uuhosts does by calling itself with the "-x" option), uuhosts calls /usr/local/undo_mail which looks like this: ----------------- Start of undo_mail --------------------- #! /bin/sh cd /usr/local/lib/news/maps/comp.mail.maps ../pathalias -dcbatt u* d* 2> /tmp/path_error | sort > paths cp /usr/local/lib/nmail.paths /usr/local/lib/opaths mv ./paths /usr/local/lib/nmail.paths cd /usr/local/lib chmod 644 nmail.where ./uuwhere chmod a-w nmail.where chmod a+r nmail.paths mail -s "Pathalias errors" someuser < /tmp/path_error ----------------- End of undo_mail ----------------------- I hope this helps some. You should be able to get these scripts and executables off the net. They should be archived in one of the sources news groups. Any questions e-mail to me. Good luck. Kenneth J. Kutz CSNET kutz@bgsu.edu Unix Systems Programmer UUCP ...!osu-cis!bgsuvax!kutz Bowling Green State Univ. PHONE (419) 372-7493