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StarterPak/!Newsbase/Transports/ka9q/sendnews

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Filename: StarterPak/!Newsbase/Transports/ka9q/sendnews
Read OK:
File size: 0763 bytes
Load address: 0000
Exec address: 0000
File contents
   10REM >SendNews
   20REM takes a news file and copies to outgoing directory
   30
   40ONERROR REPORT:PRINT" at line ";ERL:END
   50SYS"OS_GetEnv" TO A$
   60N$=""
   70REPEAT
   80p$=FNgetpar(A$," ")
   90CASEp$OF
  100WHEN"-f":N$=FNgetpar(A$," ")
  110ENDCASE
  120UNTILA$=""
  130IFN$=""THENPROCexit(1,"No file parameter")
  140
  150PROCcheckdirs
  160
  170REPEAT
  180n$=FNfilename("news",10)
  190SYS"XOS_File",17,"<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.badmarker."+n$ TOt1%;F%
  200SYS"XOS_File",17,"<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.articles."+n$ TOt2%;F%
  210UNTILt1%+t2%=0 OR(F%AND1)
  220IF(F%AND1) PROCexit(1,"Name generation error")
  230
  240F%=FNmovefile(N$,"<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.badmarker."+n$)
  250IF(F%AND1) PROCexit(1,"File move failed (spool area)")
  260F%=FNcopyfile("<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.badmarker."+n$,"<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.articles."+n$)
  270IF(F%AND1) PROCexit(1,"File copy failed (spool area)")
  280OSCLI"remove "+N$
  290PROCexit(0,"Article posted")
  300END
  310
  320DEFFNfilename(A$,len%)
  330=A$+RIGHT$(STR$~TIME,len%-LENA$)
  340
  350DEFFNmovefile(s$,d$)
  360LOCALF%:SYS"XOS_FSControl",25,s$,d$TO;F%
  370IF(F%AND1) SYS"XOS_FSControl",26,s$,d$,(1<<7) TO;F%
  380=(F%AND1)
  390
  400DEFFNcopyfile(s$,d$)
  410SYS"XOS_FSControl",26,s$,d$ TO;F%
  420=(F%AND1)
  430
  440DEFPROCexit(n%,a$)
  450OSCLI("set NewsBase$ReturnCode "+STR$n%)
  460OSCLI("set NewsBase$ReturnInfo "+a$)
  470END
  480ENDPROC
  490
  500DEFPROCcheckdirs
  510IFFNobjtype("<Mail$dir>")<2 PROCexit(1,"!MailDir not found")
  520PROCensuredir("<Mail$dir>.spool")
  530PROCensuredir("<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue")
  540PROCensuredir("<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.badmarker")
  550PROCensuredir("<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.articles")
  560IFFNobjtype("<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.badmarker")<2 ORFNobjtype("<Mail$dir>.spool.newsqueue.articles")<2 THENPROCexit(1,"NNTP spool directories not created")
  570ENDPROC
  580
  590DEFPROCensuredir(f$)
  600LOCALt%
  610t%=FNobjtype(f$)
  620IFt%<2ORt%>3THENSYS"XOS_File",8,f$
  630ENDPROC
  640
  650DEFFNobjtype(f$)
  660LOCALF%
  670SYS"XOS_File",17,f$TOt%;F%
  680IF(F%AND1)THEN=-1:ELSE=t%
  690
  700DEFFNgetpar(RETURN A$,s$)
  710LOCALB$,l%
  720l%=INSTR(A$,s$)
  730IFl%>0THEN
  740  B$=LEFT$(A$,l%-1):A$=MID$(A$,l%+1)
  750  ELSE
  760  B$=A$:A$=""
  770ENDIF
  780=B$

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00000760  24 0d ff                                          |$..|
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