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List:       majordomo-workers
Subject:    Patch to allow no-command subscribing & unsubscribing
From:       David Gibbs <david () midrange ! com>
Date:       1997-10-07 23:47:27
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Folks:

Some time ago I posted a message asking for a way to create a no-command
subscribe & unsubscribe alias.  This would allow folks to simply send a
message to an alias and be subscribed or unsubscribed without having to put
any commands in their messages.

Since there didn't appear to be a technique to do that, I decided to take
on MAJORDOMO myself :)

The following patch implements a new command line arg "-x" that allows you
to specify "subscribe" or "unsubscribe" on a majordomo alias.

You would use an alias similar to that of the -request, but add "-x
subscribe" or "-x unsubscribe" to the end (or beginning).

Here's a sample of my alias...

midrange-l-sub: "|/usr/local/majordomo-1.94/wrapper majordomo -l midrange-l
-x subscribe"

WARNING WARNING WARNING!!!

This patch was done primarily by trial-and-error... so I offer no
guarantees that it will actually work in your situation.  PERL is *NOT* a
language that is easy to pick up... especially by a AS/400 programmer who's
used to working in RPG.

If you do use it, and it works, let me know.  In addition, if you can come
up with a better way to do it, or a more solid way... let me know that too.

david


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>     } elsif ($ARGV[0] eq "-x") {
>         $command = $ARGV[1];
>         shift(@ARGV); 
>         shift(@ARGV); 
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> $commandsdone = 0;
> 
> if($command eq "subscribe") {
>       &do_subscribe();
>       $count++; 
>       $commandsdone = 1;
> } elsif ($command eq "unsubscribe") {
>       &do_unsubscribe();
>       $count++; 
>       $commandsdone = 1;
> }
> 
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>     if($commandsdone eq 1) {
>       last;
>     }
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