#! /bin/sh
# batchra [file...] - requested-articles batcher - read sendme message(s),
# look up history entries and get file names, append the names to batch file

# =()<. ${NEWSCONFIG-@<NEWSCONFIG>@}>()=
. ${NEWSCONFIG-/usr/local/lib/news/bin/config}
export NEWSCTL NEWSBIN NEWSARTS NEWSPATH NEWSUMASK NEWSMASTER NEWSCONFIG
PATH=$NEWSCTL/bin:$NEWSBIN/batch:$NEWSBIN:$NEWSPATH; export PATH

batchdir=`expr "$NEWSSITEDIR" : "^\(.*\)\.[^./]*$"`
case "$batchdir" in
'')	batchdir="$NEWSARTS/out.going/$NEWSSITE"	;;
esac
files="`cat $*`"
export batchdir files

SHELL=/bin/sh $NEWSBIN/maint/locknews <<'!'
	for f in $files
	do
		if test -r $f	# ignore control files that have vanished
		then
			sed '1,/^$/d' $f
		fi
	done | egrep '^<' | dbz -x $NEWSCTL/history |
	sed 's/^.*	\([^ ]*\).*$/\1/' | tr . / >>$batchdir/togo
!
