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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35  | #! /bin/bash
##  $Revision: 1.31 $
##  Version control-message handler
PROG=version
##  Some shells don't pass in $* unless we explicitly pass it in here.
##  =()<. @<_PATH_PARSECTL>@ "$@">()=
. /usr/lib/news/bin/parsecontrol "$@"
VERSION="INN 1.7.2"
WHERE=`innconfval pathhost`
SUBJECT="Version reply from `innconfval pathhost`"
case ${ACTION} in
mail)
    export FROM VERSION MAILCMD SUBJECT ARTICLE
    (
	echo "${FROM} requested your news version."
	echo 'To reply, do the following:'
	echo "	echo InterNetNews ${VERSION} | ${MAILCMD} -s \"${SUBJECT}\" ${FROM}"
	echo 'The full article was:'
	cat ${ARTICLE}
    ) | sed -e 's/^~/~~/' | ${MAILCMD} -s "version by ${FROM}" ${NEWSMASTER}
    ;;
logit)
    ${WRITELOG} ${LOGFILE} "version by ${FROM}; reply skipped" <${ARTICLE}
    ;;
doit)
    echo "InterNetNews ${VERSION}" | ${MAILCMD} -s "${SUBJECT}" ${REPLYTO}
    ${WRITELOG} ${LOGFILE} "version by ${FROM}; reply sent" <${ARTICLE}
    ;;
esac
exit
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