Category : Files from Magazines
Archive   : DDJ8706.ZIP
Filename : BBS.L3

Listing Three

upld



# verify that a file name has been entered (in argument 1 - $1)

1 if [ -n "$1" ]
2 then

# verify that a file with the same name isn't already stored in the Uploads directory

3 if [ -f /u/bbs/Uploads/$1 ]
4 then

# the file name already exists
5 echo "Please give your file another name. $1 already exists."
6 else

# collect the file transfer protocol

7 echo 'who am i | cut -f1 -d" " ' 'date | cut -c1-16' "upld" $1 >>/u/bbs/log.file
8 echo "Transfer protocol (X = Xmodem; A = ASCII): \c"
9 read method
10 if [ "$method" = X -o "$method" = x ]
11 then

# receive a binary file using the XModem protocol

12 xmodem -rb /u/bbs/Uploads/$1
13 else

# receive an ASCII file

14 echo
15 echo "Begin sending ASCII file."
16 echo "Type a CNTRL-d when finished transmitting."
17 echo
18 cat > /u/bbs/Uploads/temp
19 cp /u/bbs/Uploads/temp /u/bbs/Uploads/$1
20 fi

# collect the file description

21 echo "Please enter a one line description of your file."
22 read desc
23 echo $1 $desc >>/u/bbs/Uploads/Doc.file
24 fi
25 else
# no file name was entered

26 echo "Please enter the name of the file you wish to upload on"
27 echo "the command line."
28 fi