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StarterPak/!Newsbase/Transports/taylor/DoPost
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
Some of these files were originally commercial releases in the 1980s and 1990s, but they are now widely available online. I assume that copyright over them is no longer being asserted. If you own the copyright and would like files to be removed, please contact me.
| Tape/disk: | Home » Recent acquisitions » Acorn ADFS disks » adfs_AcornUser_199508.adf » !Internet |
| Filename: | StarterPak/!Newsbase/Transports/taylor/DoPost |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 05E2 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
Duplicates
There is 1 duplicate copy of this file in the archive:
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File contents
| > DoPost | | Version for compressed news batches | Usage: DoPost <NewsServerAddress> <Filename> | | DoPost will queue the specified file for posting to News via the | specified NewsServer. It performs no error checking on the file, and | assumes that the file contains a valid header. | | This version of DoPost produces single, compressed news batches | for sending straight to the other end. | | Author: Gunnar Z�tl | Date: 17-Sep-1994 | Last Modified: 19-Sep-1994 | | We need some more memory than the non-compressing version | wimpslot -min 700K | | We create a temporary file in Wimp$ScrapDir, to which we compress the | article | set f <Wimp$ScrapDir>.DPtemp | | if you want to use gzip instead of compress, change cunbatch to zunbatch | and compress to gzip. | <obey$dir>.printto <f> #! cunbatch compress < %1 >> <f> 2> null: | | this gets around a problem with the C library, which sometimes seems | confused then receiving a <system$variable> together with I/O redirection. Set alias$DoPostIt Uux -r - %0!rnews < <f> 2> null: | | we assume that posting the article will succeed. | Set NewsBase$ReturnInfo Article posted DoPostIt Set NewsBase$ReturnCode <Sys$ReturnCode> | | If posting did not succeed, we alter the Info for NewsBase here. | If "<NewsBase$ReturnCode>" <> "0" Then Set NewsBase$ReturnInfo Posting failed | | now remove the file sendnews passed us, the temp. file, and unset the | helper environment variables | Remove %1 Remove <f> unset f unset alias$DoPostIt
00000000 7c 20 3e 20 44 6f 50 6f 73 74 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 56 || > DoPost.|.| V| 00000010 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 66 6f 72 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 |ersion for compr| 00000020 65 73 73 65 64 20 6e 65 77 73 20 62 61 74 63 68 |essed news batch| 00000030 65 73 0a 7c 20 55 73 61 67 65 3a 20 44 6f 50 6f |es.| Usage: DoPo| 00000040 73 74 20 3c 4e 65 77 73 53 65 72 76 65 72 41 64 |st <NewsServerAd| 00000050 64 72 65 73 73 3e 20 3c 46 69 6c 65 6e 61 6d 65 |dress> <Filename| 00000060 3e 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 44 6f 50 6f 73 74 20 77 69 6c |>.|.| DoPost wil| 00000070 6c 20 71 75 65 75 65 20 74 68 65 20 73 70 65 63 |l queue the spec| 00000080 69 66 69 65 64 20 66 69 6c 65 20 66 6f 72 20 70 |ified file for p| 00000090 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 4e 65 77 73 20 76 |osting to News v| 000000a0 69 61 20 74 68 65 0a 7c 20 73 70 65 63 69 66 69 |ia the.| specifi| 000000b0 65 64 20 4e 65 77 73 53 65 72 76 65 72 2e 20 49 |ed NewsServer. I| 000000c0 74 20 70 65 72 66 6f 72 6d 73 20 6e 6f 20 65 72 |t performs no er| 000000d0 72 6f 72 20 63 68 65 63 6b 69 6e 67 20 6f 6e 20 |ror checking on | 000000e0 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 2c 20 61 6e 64 0a 7c 20 |the file, and.| | 000000f0 61 73 73 75 6d 65 73 20 74 68 61 74 20 74 68 65 |assumes that the| 00000100 20 66 69 6c 65 20 63 6f 6e 74 61 69 6e 73 20 61 | file contains a| 00000110 20 76 61 6c 69 64 20 68 65 61 64 65 72 2e 0a 7c | valid header..|| 00000120 0a 7c 20 54 68 69 73 20 76 65 72 73 69 6f 6e 20 |.| This version | 00000130 6f 66 20 44 6f 50 6f 73 74 20 70 72 6f 64 75 63 |of DoPost produc| 00000140 65 73 20 73 69 6e 67 6c 65 2c 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 |es single, compr| 00000150 65 73 73 65 64 20 6e 65 77 73 20 62 61 74 63 68 |essed news batch| 00000160 65 73 0a 7c 20 66 6f 72 20 73 65 6e 64 69 6e 67 |es.| for sending| 00000170 20 73 74 72 61 69 67 68 74 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 | straight to the| 00000180 20 6f 74 68 65 72 20 65 6e 64 2e 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 | other end..|.| | 00000190 41 75 74 68 6f 72 3a 20 20 20 09 20 20 20 20 47 |Author: . G| 000001a0 75 6e 6e 61 72 20 5a f6 74 6c 0a 7c 20 44 61 74 |unnar Z.tl.| Dat| 000001b0 65 3a 09 20 20 20 20 09 20 20 20 20 31 37 2d 53 |e:. . 17-S| 000001c0 65 70 2d 31 39 39 34 0a 7c 20 4c 61 73 74 20 4d |ep-1994.| Last M| 000001d0 6f 64 69 66 69 65 64 3a 20 20 20 20 31 39 2d 53 |odified: 19-S| 000001e0 65 70 2d 31 39 39 34 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 57 65 20 6e |ep-1994.|.| We n| 000001f0 65 65 64 20 73 6f 6d 65 20 6d 6f 72 65 20 6d 65 |eed some more me| 00000200 6d 6f 72 79 20 74 68 61 6e 20 74 68 65 20 6e 6f |mory than the no| 00000210 6e 2d 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 6e 67 20 76 65 |n-compressing ve| 00000220 72 73 69 6f 6e 0a 7c 0a 77 69 6d 70 73 6c 6f 74 |rsion.|.wimpslot| 00000230 20 2d 6d 69 6e 20 37 30 30 4b 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 57 | -min 700K.|.| W| 00000240 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 65 20 61 20 74 65 6d 70 6f |e create a tempo| 00000250 72 61 72 79 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 20 57 69 6d |rary file in Wim| 00000260 70 24 53 63 72 61 70 44 69 72 2c 20 74 6f 20 77 |p$ScrapDir, to w| 00000270 68 69 63 68 20 77 65 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 |hich we compress| 00000280 20 74 68 65 0a 7c 20 61 72 74 69 63 6c 65 0a 7c | the.| article.|| 00000290 0a 73 65 74 20 66 20 3c 57 69 6d 70 24 53 63 72 |.set f <Wimp$Scr| 000002a0 61 70 44 69 72 3e 2e 44 50 74 65 6d 70 0a 7c 0a |apDir>.DPtemp.|.| 000002b0 7c 20 69 66 20 79 6f 75 20 77 61 6e 74 20 74 6f || if you want to| 000002c0 20 75 73 65 20 67 7a 69 70 20 69 6e 73 74 65 61 | use gzip instea| 000002d0 64 20 6f 66 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 2c 20 63 |d of compress, c| 000002e0 68 61 6e 67 65 20 63 75 6e 62 61 74 63 68 20 74 |hange cunbatch t| 000002f0 6f 20 7a 75 6e 62 61 74 63 68 0a 7c 20 61 6e 64 |o zunbatch.| and| 00000300 20 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 20 74 6f 20 67 7a 69 | compress to gzi| 00000310 70 2e 0a 7c 0a 3c 6f 62 65 79 24 64 69 72 3e 2e |p..|.<obey$dir>.| 00000320 70 72 69 6e 74 74 6f 20 3c 66 3e 20 23 21 20 63 |printto <f> #! c| 00000330 75 6e 62 61 74 63 68 0a 63 6f 6d 70 72 65 73 73 |unbatch.compress| 00000340 20 3c 20 25 31 20 3e 3e 20 3c 66 3e 20 32 3e 20 | < %1 >> <f> 2> | 00000350 6e 75 6c 6c 3a 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 74 68 69 73 20 67 |null:.|.| this g| 00000360 65 74 73 20 61 72 6f 75 6e 64 20 61 20 70 72 6f |ets around a pro| 00000370 62 6c 65 6d 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 20 43 20 |blem with the C | 00000380 6c 69 62 72 61 72 79 2c 20 77 68 69 63 68 20 73 |library, which s| 00000390 6f 6d 65 74 69 6d 65 73 20 73 65 65 6d 73 0a 7c |ometimes seems.|| 000003a0 20 63 6f 6e 66 75 73 65 64 20 74 68 65 6e 20 72 | confused then r| 000003b0 65 63 65 69 76 69 6e 67 20 61 20 3c 73 79 73 74 |eceiving a <syst| 000003c0 65 6d 24 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 3e 20 74 6f 67 |em$variable> tog| 000003d0 65 74 68 65 72 20 77 69 74 68 20 49 2f 4f 20 72 |ether with I/O r| 000003e0 65 64 69 72 65 63 74 69 6f 6e 2e 0a 53 65 74 20 |edirection..Set | 000003f0 61 6c 69 61 73 24 44 6f 50 6f 73 74 49 74 20 55 |alias$DoPostIt U| 00000400 75 78 20 2d 72 20 2d 20 25 30 21 72 6e 65 77 73 |ux -r - %0!rnews| 00000410 20 3c 20 3c 66 3e 20 32 3e 20 6e 75 6c 6c 3a 0a | < <f> 2> null:.| 00000420 7c 0a 7c 20 77 65 20 61 73 73 75 6d 65 20 74 68 ||.| we assume th| 00000430 61 74 20 70 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 20 74 68 65 20 61 |at posting the a| 00000440 72 74 69 63 6c 65 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 73 75 63 63 |rticle will succ| 00000450 65 65 64 2e 0a 7c 0a 53 65 74 20 4e 65 77 73 42 |eed..|.Set NewsB| 00000460 61 73 65 24 52 65 74 75 72 6e 49 6e 66 6f 20 41 |ase$ReturnInfo A| 00000470 72 74 69 63 6c 65 20 70 6f 73 74 65 64 0a 44 6f |rticle posted.Do| 00000480 50 6f 73 74 49 74 0a 53 65 74 20 4e 65 77 73 42 |PostIt.Set NewsB| 00000490 61 73 65 24 52 65 74 75 72 6e 43 6f 64 65 20 3c |ase$ReturnCode <| 000004a0 53 79 73 24 52 65 74 75 72 6e 43 6f 64 65 3e 0a |Sys$ReturnCode>.| 000004b0 7c 0a 7c 20 49 66 20 70 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 20 64 ||.| If posting d| 000004c0 69 64 20 6e 6f 74 20 73 75 63 63 65 65 64 2c 20 |id not succeed, | 000004d0 77 65 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 49 6e 66 |we alter the Inf| 000004e0 6f 20 66 6f 72 20 4e 65 77 73 42 61 73 65 20 68 |o for NewsBase h| 000004f0 65 72 65 2e 0a 7c 0a 49 66 20 22 3c 4e 65 77 73 |ere..|.If "<News| 00000500 42 61 73 65 24 52 65 74 75 72 6e 43 6f 64 65 3e |Base$ReturnCode>| 00000510 22 20 3c 3e 20 22 30 22 20 54 68 65 6e 20 53 65 |" <> "0" Then Se| 00000520 74 20 4e 65 77 73 42 61 73 65 24 52 65 74 75 72 |t NewsBase$Retur| 00000530 6e 49 6e 66 6f 20 50 6f 73 74 69 6e 67 20 66 61 |nInfo Posting fa| 00000540 69 6c 65 64 0a 7c 0a 7c 20 6e 6f 77 20 72 65 6d |iled.|.| now rem| 00000550 6f 76 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 20 73 65 6e |ove the file sen| 00000560 64 6e 65 77 73 20 70 61 73 73 65 64 20 75 73 2c |dnews passed us,| 00000570 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 6d 70 2e 20 66 69 6c 65 2c | the temp. file,| 00000580 20 61 6e 64 20 75 6e 73 65 74 20 74 68 65 0a 7c | and unset the.|| 00000590 20 68 65 6c 70 65 72 20 65 6e 76 69 72 6f 6e 6d | helper environm| 000005a0 65 6e 74 20 76 61 72 69 61 62 6c 65 73 0a 7c 0a |ent variables.|.| 000005b0 52 65 6d 6f 76 65 20 25 31 0a 52 65 6d 6f 76 65 |Remove %1.Remove| 000005c0 20 3c 66 3e 0a 75 6e 73 65 74 20 66 0a 75 6e 73 | <f>.unset f.uns| 000005d0 65 74 20 61 6c 69 61 73 24 44 6f 50 6f 73 74 49 |et alias$DoPostI| 000005e0 74 0a |t.| 000005e2
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