19-Dec-85 00:18:00-MST,3330;000000000001 Return-Path: Received: from BRL-TGR.ARPA by SIMTEL20.ARPA with TCP; Thu 19 Dec 85 00:17:54-MST Received: from usenet by TGR.BRL.ARPA id a007919; 19 Dec 85 1:47 EST From: Eric Mazur Newsgroups: net.sources Subject: vacation.sh Message-ID: <558@harvard.UUCP> Date: 18 Dec 85 21:39:58 GMT Keywords: mail-answering, vacation, shell script, Venix To: unix-sources@BRL-TGR.ARPA A little while ago I requested from the net a program to answer incoming mail during my absence (No, I don't have sendmail; can't use .forward...). Since I received no reply, I started writing my own little shell script. Even though I probably re-invented the wheel, it was nice, and I think the result is neat! Besides, some people might not have seen this wheel yet. So here we go. The header explains it all. Happy holidays! Eric Mazur P.S.: I would very much appreciate receiving any comments, suggestions, improvements and bug reports you have. It runs fine on Venix/PRO, so (with all respect for Venix) it should really work on any other Unix version. ARPA-NET: mazur@harvard.harvard.EDU BITNET: mazur@harvunxh.bitnet UUCP: /----- mazur / /--- dasy!mazur {seismo,harpo,ihnp4,linus,allegra,ut-sally}!harvard! ------ \ \___ lasex!mazur \_____ molphy!mazur ------------------------------- vacation(.sh) --------------------------------- : Shell script to answer your mail while you are gone. Will only work on : Usenet, probably not to other networks. Will not work if you don't have : the UCB "from" utility. You might try "grep From" on your mailbox instead, : but that is not water-tight. : USAGE: : 1. Put a ".vacation" note in your home directory - this is the file that : is going to be sent in reply to your incoming mail. : 2. Type "vacation [-c]" and have a nice vacation. The -c option will : cause the program to keep a ".vmbox.log" of answered mail. : 3. When you come back - heaven forbid - remove the ".vacation" file. : 4. Read your mail with "mail -f vmbox". : AUTHOR: Eric Mazur, 17 December 1985 - about to leave for a vacation. : Mail improvements and bugs to: mazur@harvard.uucp : BUG: Relies heavily on the fact that the basename of your home directory : is the same as your login name, but unfortunately "who am i" : yield the desired answer when executed by "at". case $1 in "") ;; -c) check=1 ;; *) echo Usage: vacation [-c]; exit ;; esac if test -f $HOME/.vacation : vacation will die if file removed then me=`basename $HOME` mybox='/usr/spool/mail/'$me to=`from | awk '{printf("%s ",$2)}END{printf("\n")}'` cat $mybox >> $HOME/vmbox cp /dev/null $mybox mail -s "Re: Your message" $to < $HOME/.vacation if test $check then /bin/echo -n "Replied to: $to on " >> $HOME/vmbox.log date >> $HOME/vmbox.log fi echo vacation $1 | at 1am : do it again tomorrow exit else : vacation over; the boss is back echo "Couldn't find $HOME/.vacation." exit fi -- Eric Mazur ARPA-NET: mazur@harvard.harvard.EDU BITNET: mazur@harvunxh.bitnet UUCP: /----- mazur / /--- dasy!mazur {seismo,harpo,ihnp4,linus,allegra,ut-sally}!harvard! ------ \ \___ lasex!mazur \_____ molphy!mazur