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From: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,news.sysadmin
Subject: Re: My script for mapfiles/pathalias updating
Keywords: pathalias, maps, update, script
Message-ID: <1844@van-bc.UUCP>
Date: 1 Jul 88 17:51:01 GMT
References: <957@flatline.UUCP> <320@elan.UUCP> <471@unisv.UUCP> <3386@rpp386.UUCP>
Reply-To: sl@van-bc.UUCP (pri=-10 Stuart Lynne)
Organization: Wimsey Associates, Vancouver, BC.
Lines: 43

In article <3386@rpp386.UUCP> jfh@rpp386.UUCP (The Beach Bum) writes:
>In article <471@unisv.UUCP> vanpelt@unisv.UUCP (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
>>In article <957@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (j eric townsend) writes:
>>[description of map-updating script]
>>>>Anyone who thinks they can do this better, please post your script.
>

In my sys file:
	
	MAPS:world,comp.mail.maps:F

From a nightly cron script - getmap:


#!/bin/sh
#	@(#)getmaps.sh

#	Reads the netnews for the UUCP maps, extract them and
#	moves them to the storage area

DEST=/usr/spool/paths
ADM=mail
LOG=/local/lib/paths/maplog
SRC=/usr/spool/batch/MAPS
PATH=$PATH:/local/bin

cd $DEST
date >> $LOG

if [ -r $SRC ] 
then
	cat $SRC >> $SRC.work
	rm $SRC
fi

cat $SRC.work | while read i
do
	unshar $i
done


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Stuart.Lynne@wimsey.bc.ca {ubc-cs,uunet}!van-bc!sl     Vancouver,BC,604-937-7532