Re: idea.. check and grab new versions..?

[Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@datasync.com>]

Hi,

	If we are into displaying my-auto-gnues-getter, here's my
 entry:
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#! /bin/bash
#                               -*- Mode: Sh -*- 
# mkgnus --- 
# Author           : Manoj Srivastava ( srivasta@tiamat.datasync.com ) 
# Created On       : Wed Nov 20 21:21:29 1996
# Created On Node  : tiamat.datasync.com
# Last Modified By : Manoj Srivastava
# Last Modified On : Wed Nov 20 21:49:03 1996
# Last Machine Used: tiamat.datasync.com
# Update Count     : 8
# Status           : Unknown, Use with caution!
# HISTORY          : 
# Description      : 
# 
# 

set -x
set -e
GETFILE=1;
FILE="/tmp/rgnus.tar.gz";

case $1 in
    -f)
	GETFILE=0;
	if [ "X$2" = "X" ]; then
	    echo The option -f needs an argument;
	    exit 1;
	fi
	FILE=$2;
	if [ ! -f $FILE ]; then
	    echo The argument "$2" for the -f option needs to be a file
	    exit 1;
	fi
	if ! echo $FILE | grep '^/' ; then
	    FILE=`pwd`/"$FILE";
	fi
	shift;
	;;
    *)
	
esac

if [ $GETFILE -gt 0 ]; then
    if [ -f $FILE ]; then
	rm -f "$FILE.sav"
	mv $FILE "$FILE.sav"
    fi
    lynx -dump 'http://www.ifi.uio.no/~larsi/rgnus.tar.gz' > $FILE
fi

cd /usr/local/lib/emacs/site-lisp/
rm -rf gnus rgnus-*
tar zvvfx $FILE
ln -s rgnus-* gnus
cd gnus
make
rm -f $FILE
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	manoj

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Manoj Srivastava               <url:mailto:srivasta@acm.org>
Mobile, Alabama USA            <url:http://www.datasync.com/%7Esrivasta/>