#!/bin/bash
# A shell script for posting binary files to newsgroups. Written by Kim Scarborough.
# Be sure to fill in the variables.
# Please only post to alt.binaries.test until you're sure it's working right!
POSTNAME="Your Name"
POSTADDR="youraddress@wherever.com" 
POSTORG="Your organization"

# The next line is for a temporary directory, usually /tmp.
POSTTEMP="/tmp"

# Put the size, in lines, you want the portions of the file to be.
# Standard is around 8000, but you may want to make it smaller if your posts aren't
# getting through.
SEGSIZE=8000


#Leave these variables alone.
FILEPFX=$RANDOM$RANDOM
ORIGDIR=`pwd`
XFLAG1=0

echo
if [ $# = 0 ]
then
	echo "Must specify file(s)."
	exit 1
fi 
if test ! -d $POSTTEMP 
then
	if test -f $POSTTEMP
	then
		echo "Specified temporary directory is not a directory!"
		if test -w $ORIGDIR
		then
			echo "Using current working directory instead."
			echo
			POSTTEMP=$ORIGDIR
		else
			echo "Aborting."
			exit 1
		fi
	else
		if mkdir $POSTTEMP
			then XFLAG1=1
			else
				echo "Specified temporary directory doesn't exist and can't be created!"
				if test -w $ORIGDIR
                		then
                     			echo "Using current working directory instead."
					echo
					POSTTEMP=$ORIGDIR
				else
					echo "Aborting."
					exit 1
				fi
		fi
	fi
fi
if test ! -w $POSTTEMP
then
	echo "You don't have permission to write to the specified temporary directory!"
	if test -w $ORIGDIR
	then
		echo "Using current working directory instead."
		echo
		POSTTEMP=$ORIGDIR
	else
		echo "Aborting."
		exit 1
	fi
fi
CA=1
TOTFIL=$#
while [ $# -gt 0 ]
do
	if test -f $1
	then
		CP=1
		echo  
		echo $1 "(File" $CA "of" $TOTFIL")" 
		echo
		echo -n "Newsgroup(s): "
		read NG
		echo -n "Subject: "
		read SUB
		echo "Now uuencoding" $1"."
		uuencode $1 $1 > $POSTTEMP/$1.uue
		cd $POSTTEMP
		echo "Uuencoding done. Now splitting" $1".uue."
		split -l $SEGSIZE $1.uue $FILEPFX 
		rm $1.uue
		echo `ls $FILEPFX* | wc -l` > pxtempzz
		TP=`sed 's/ //g' pxtempzz`
		rm pxtempzz
		echo $1".uue split into" $TP "pieces." 
			for FIL in $FILEPFX*
			do
				echo "Now posting" $CP "of" $TP
				inews -S -f "$POSTNAME <$POSTADDR>" -n "$NG" -o "$POSTORG" -t "$SUB ($CP/$TP)" < $FIL
				let CP=$CP+1
			done
		echo "Posting done."
		rm $FILEPFX*
		let CA=$CA+1
		cd $ORIGDIR
	else
		echo $1 "doesn't exist!"
		let TOTFIL=$TOTFIL-1 
	fi
	shift
done
if [ $XFLAG1 = 1 ]
then rm -rf $POSTTEMP
fi
echo 
echo "Posting of all files completed."
echo