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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 | #! /bin/bash
## $Revision: 1.13 $
## Default control-message handler
## Set prog to null; that will leave the name of the message in $1
PROG=default
## Some shells don't pass in $* unless we explicitly pass it in here.
## =()<. @<_PATH_PARSECTL>@ "$@">()=
. /usr/lib/news/bin/parsecontrol "$@"
case ${ACTION} in
mail)
sed -e 's/^~/~~/' <${ARTICLE} \
| ${MAILCMD} -s "Unknown control message by ${FROM}" ${NEWSMASTER}
;;
doit|logit)
${WRITELOG} ${LOGFILE} "Unknown control message by ${FROM}" \
${NEWSMASTER} <${ARTICLE}
;;
esac
exit
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