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From: howard@amdahl.UUCP
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac
Subject: Re: xbin is great, but it could be even better...
Message-ID: <6238@amdahl.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 13-Apr-87 20:43:35 EST
Article-I.D.: amdahl.6238
Posted: Mon Apr 13 20:43:35 1987
Date-Received: Wed, 15-Apr-87 05:02:08 EST
References: <1280@midas.TEK.COM>
Reply-To: howard@amdahl.UUCP (Howard C. Simonson)
Organization: Amdahl Corp, Sunnyvale CA
Lines: 63
Keywords: xbin, suggestions for improvement, script, automate
Summary: Oh what the heck, here's a goodie for ya

I should have posted this eons ago.  Here at the old Corporation, I have been
grabbing up the various net goodies and been archiving them for our users
out on disk for some time now.  As a rule, I strip off any preamble for a
description file in the directory, get rid of anything that isn't binhex
(that include the blank line after the line saying "convert me with binhex4.0")
and I compress the file; thereby creating say, DiskInfo1.43.Z, in an appropriate
directory.

When users wish to download something, they typically use MacTerminal or
the highly praised Versaterm emulators and execute the following script
which I have called Zacput on the mainframe (yes I mean mainframe).

So here is the script, its real raw, I wrote it ages ago, it worked, I never
bothered to improve it.  I was going to enhance it to recognize pack files
("z" suffix) but never found the need.  If someone wants to make improvements
and ship it back out to everyone, mail it back and I will act as the clearing
house.  I place it in the Public Domain (magnanimous of me, eh).

--------------cut cut cut cut OUCH! #$%&*& damn scissors -----------------------
:
# Shellscript for transmitting a file(s) to a Macintosh via macput.
# File is in compress format (.Z); is unpacked, xbin'ed and macput
# Upon termination of the operation, the Macintosh bell will ring
#	two times.
#
if [ $# = 0 ] ; then
   echo "$0: expected the filename of a compress(1) file as an argument"
   exit 1
fi
owd=`pwd`
mkdir /usr/mac/tmp/$$ || exit 1
for f in $*
    do
    f=`basename $f .Z`
    if [ $f = "-" ] ; then
       echo "$0: does not accept compress(1) files from standard input, continuing"
    elif [ ! -r $f.Z ] ; then
       echo "$0: could not find $f.Z, continuing"
    elif zcat $f | ( cd /usr/mac/tmp/$$ ; xbin -n $f - 2>/dev/null ) ; then
       cd /usr/mac/tmp/$$
       echo "Now sending the binary file: $f"
       mesg n
       /usr/mac/bin/macput $f
       mesg y
    else
       zcat $f > /usr/mac/tmp/$$/$$.text
       cd /usr/mac/tmp/$$
       echo "Now sending the text file: $f"
       mesg n
       /usr/mac/bin/macput -u -n $f /usr/mac/tmp/$$/$$.text
       mesg y
    fi
    cd $owd
    done
    rm -rf /usr/mac/tmp/$$
ascii bel bel
# ------------------------- End Of Script --------------------------------------
-- 
"Plan for the future because that's where you                Howard C. Simonson
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