#! /bin/sh # $Id: rmmer,v 4.7 1996/06/09 22:56:55 jerry Exp $ ### rmmer, rmmer.noask, rmmer_1, rmmer_1.noask - MH "rmmproc" SCRIPT ### rmmer AND rmmer.noask MOVE MAIL TO @DELETE FOR find TO CLEAN UP ### rmmer_1 AND rmmer_1.noask MOVE MAIL TO +DELETE FOR find TO CLEAN UP ### xmh USERS SHOULD USE A ".noask" VERSION. ## ## rmmer IS DESIGNED TO BE USED WITH THE MH MAIL rmm COMMAND. ## INSTEAD OF JUST ADDING A COMMA (,) TO THE MESSAGE NAME, LIKE ## STANDARD rmm DOES, rmmer MOVES THE MESSAGE INTO A SUB-FOLDER ## NAMED "DELETE". A SYSTEM PROGRAM SHOULD CLEAN OUT THAT FOLDER ## EVERY SO OFTEN (YOU MAY HAVE TO SET THAT UP, TOO). MESSAGES IN A ## "DELETE" SUB-FOLDER ARE EASY TO RECOVER IF YOU rmm'ED ACCIDENTALLY. ## ## FOR EXAMPLE, LET'S SAY YOU JUST DELETED A MESSAGE BY ACCIDENT. ## TO GET IT BACK, YOU GO TO THE SUB-FOLDER. YOUR MESSAGE WILL ## BE THE LAST ONE IN THE SUB-FOLDER BECAUSE YOU JUST REMOVED IT. ## TO RECOVER THE DELETED MESSAGE, MOVE IT BACK TO THE PARENT FOLDER ## (WHERE IT WAS BEFORE) WITH refile. AFTER YOU RECOVER IT, IT'LL ## BE THE LAST MESSAGE IN THE FOLDER: ## % rmm ## % show last @DELETE ## (Message inbox/DELETE:25) ## (message appears -- this is the one you "deleted") ## % refile @.. ## % show last @.. ## (Message inbox:54) ## (same message appears -- now it's back in the parent folder) ## ## IF YOU DON'T WANT rmmer TO USE A SUB-FOLDER--AND, INSTEAD, PUT ## ALL THE MESSAGES IN A CENTRAL "DELETE" FOLDER--YOU CAN CALL THE ## PROGRAM WITH THE NAME rmmer_1 AND THAT'LL DO IT. ## ## IF YOU PUT A FILE NAMED .rmmer.ask IN A FOLDER, THAT WILL MAKE ## rmmer PROMPT BEFORE REMOVING ANY MESSAGES THERE. IT WON'T ## PROMPT WHEN THE STANDARD INPUT ISN'T COMING FROM A TERMINAL OR ## WHEN YOU USE THE VERSIONS NAMED rmmer.noask AND rmmer_1.noask. ## xmh USERS NEED A .noask VERSION TO KEEP xmh FROM HANGING! ## ## TO INSTALL THIS, PUT IN A FILE NAMED rmmer, THEN MAKE THREE LINKS ## (SYMBOLIC OR STANDARD): rmmer_1, rmmer.noask, AND rmmer_1.noask. # # NO WARRANTY # # BECAUSE THIS PROGRAM IS AVAILABLE FREE OF CHARGE, THERE IS NO WARRANTY # FOR THE PROGRAM, TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW. EXCEPT WHEN # OTHERWISE STATED IN WRITING THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND/OR OTHER PARTIES # PROVIDE THE PROGRAM "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED # OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF # MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS # TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE PROGRAM IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE # PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU ASSUME THE COST OF ALL NECESSARY SERVICING, # REPAIR OR CORRECTION. # # IN NO EVENT UNLESS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW OR AGREED TO IN WRITING # WILL ANY COPYRIGHT HOLDER, OR ANY OTHER PARTY WHO MAY MODIFY AND/OR # REDISTRIBUTE THE PROGRAM AS PERMITTED ABOVE, BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR DAMAGES, # INCLUDING ANY GENERAL, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING # OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED # TO LOSS OF DATA OR DATA BEING RENDERED INACCURATE OR LOSSES SUSTAINED BY # YOU OR THIRD PARTIES OR A FAILURE OF THE PROGRAM TO OPERATE WITH ANY OTHER # PROGRAMS), EVEN IF SUCH HOLDER OR OTHER PARTY HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. askfile=.rmmer.ask # IF THIS FILE EXISTS IN FOLDER, ASK BEFORE REMOVING moveto=DELETE # NAME OF FOLDER FOR DELETED MESSAGES myname=rmmer # NAME FOR PROMPTS, FASTER/CLEANER THAN basename $0 mhbin=/usr/local/mh mkdir=/bin/mkdir touch=/bin/touch # SET FOR YOUR SYSTEM profile=/tmp/RMMERp$$ context=/tmp/RMMERc$$ folder="`$mhbin/folder -fast`" || exit mhdir="`$mhbin/mhpath +`" || exit # UNCOMMENT THE RIGHT LINE FOR YOUR UNIX: # echo="echo -n" nnl= # BSD # echo=echo nnl="\c" # SYSV echo="echo -n" nnl= PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH; export PATH # SunOS # PROGRAM NAME SETS DESTINATION FOLDER, WHETHER TO LOOK FOR $askfile: case "$0" in *rmmer) destfol="@$moveto" ask=ok ;; *rmmer.noask) destfol="@$moveto" ask=no ;; *rmmer_1) destfol="+$moveto" ask=ok ;; *rmmer_1.noask) destfol="+$moveto" ask=no ;; *) echo "$0 aborting: can't find my name." 1>&2; exit 1 ;; esac stat=1 # DEFAULT EXIT STATUS; RESET TO 0 BEFORE NORMAL EXIT trap '/bin/rm -f $profile $context; exit $stat' 0 trap 'echo "$0: ouch! $* may not be removed." 1>&2; exit' 1 2 15 # TO AVOID ENDLESS LOOPS WHERE THE refile IN rmmer RUNS rmmproc, # MAKE TEMPORARY MH PROFILE TO BYPASS USER'S rmmproc: rmmer. # rmm SETS SHELL'S DIRECTORY TO THE FOLDER WITH THE MESSAGES. # STORE $folder IN CONTEXT FILE SO refile CAN FIND FOLDER. # rmm UPDATES THE SEQUENCES BEFORE THE rmmproc RUNS, SO # THIS rmmproc CAN HIDE SEQUENCE FILE FROM refile. /bin/cat > $profile << ENDPROF || exit Path: $mhdir rmmproc: /bin/rm mh-sequences: context: $context ENDPROF echo "Current-Folder: $folder" > $context || exit MH=$profile MHCONTEXT=$context export MH MHCONTEXT # IF [OVERHEAD] CONFIG OPTION IS SET, OVERRIDE IT TO USE OUR FILES: case "${MHFD}X${MHCONTEXTFD}" in [0-9]X[0-9]) eval exec $MHCONTEXTFD\< $MHCONTEXT eval exec $MHFD\< $MH ;; esac # IF CURRENT FOLDER ISN'T ALREADY $moveto, WE MIGHT MAKE SUB-FOLDER. # OTHERWISE, DON'T BURY MESSAGE DEEPER (IT'S PROBABLY BEING UNDELETED). # THANX TO David Vezie, dv@Sonoma.EDU, FOR THE SUGGESTION, 3/24/92. case "$folder" in ?*/$moveto) # DON'T RUN refile (BELOW) SO MESSAGE WILL STAY HERE. stat=0 exit ;; *) # rmm SETS CURRENT DIRECTORY TO FOLDER, SO IT'S EASY TO MAKE # NEW SUB-FOLDER. (LET USER MAKE THEIR OWN "+DELETE" ONCE.) if [ "$destfol" = "@$moveto" -a ! -d "$moveto" ] then $mkdir $moveto || exit fi ;; esac # IF WE SHOULD ASK AND USER ANSWERS "NO", EXIT: if [ -f $askfile -a -t 0 -a "$ask" = ok ] then $echo "$myname: remove $* in +$folder? [ny](n) $nnl" read ans case "$ans" in [yY]*) ;; # DO refile BELOW *) exit ;; esac fi # rmm PUTS SINGLE MESSAGE NUMBERS INTO $* (LIKE 12 13 14). # UPDATE LAST-MOD TIME SO find -mtime WON'T DELETE TOO SOON. # (USE "./" BEFORE FIRST NAME SO SYSTEM V touch WON'T THINK IT'S A TIME.) # USE refile TO "REMOVE" THE MESSAGES. EXIT WITH refile's STATUS: $touch ./$* >/dev/null 2>&1 $mhbin/refile $destfol $* stat=$? exit