Path: utzoo!yunexus!geac!syntron!gerry
From: gerry@syntron.UUCP (G. Roderick Singleton)
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: Unpacking comp.mail.maps files
Message-ID: <246@syntron.UUCP>
Date: 13 Feb 88 01:23:09 GMT
Article-I.D.: syntron.246
Posted: Fri Feb 12 20:23:09 1988
References: <1059@vsedev.VSE.COM>
Reply-To: gerry@syntron.UUCP (G. Roderick Singleton)
Organization: Syntronics Manufacturing Inc., Richmond Hill, Ontario, Canada
Lines: 100

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