--- /dev/null
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# Note: bash is required, sh will fail to output anything to the client
+# Probably related to interactions beteween & and output redirections
+#
+# It seems the timeout on netcat does not work when listening...
+# So you will have to either kill the process or make a last connection
+# (which will not be processed)
+
+# $0 [prog] ([port])
+# You can use the evironment variable $QUERY_STRING for the query
+
+[ "$ADDR" = "" ] && ADDR=127.0.0.1
+[ "$LOG" = "" ] && LOG=/tmp/gopher.service.err
+[ "$PIDF" = "" ] && PIDF="`mktemp`"
+[ "$TIMEOUT" = "" ] && TIMEOUT=10
+[ "$MAXCON" = "" ] && MAXCON=1024
+
+prog="$1"
+port="$2"
+defn="$3"
+[ "$port" = "" ] && port=70
+
+if [ "$prog" = "" ]; then
+ rm "$PIDF"
+ echo "Syntax: $0 [prog] ([port]) (default non-7)" >&2
+ echo ' You can use the evironment variable $QUERY_STRING for the query' >&2
+ echo ' The default port is 70' >&2
+ echo ' A default message for non-service (7) request can be given' >&2
+ echo ' A filename will be displayed, you can delete it to stop the service' >&2
+ echo ' (you still have to make a last connection on $port)' >&2
+ exit 1
+fi
+
+tmpd=`mktemp -t -d .gopher-service.XXXXXX`
+if [ ! -d "$tmpd" ]; then
+ rm "$PIDF"
+ echo "Cannot create temporary directory, aborting..." >&2
+ exit 2
+fi
+
+echo "#!/bin/sh
+# PID: $$
+# PID File (this file): $PIDF
+# You can stop the service by deleting this file then making a last
+# connection (which will not be processed) to the service:
+rm \"$PIDF\"
+nc -q0 $ADDR $port 2>/dev/null </dev/null
+" > "$PIDF"
+
+chmod u+rx "$PIDF"
+
+echo "$PIDF"
+
+i=0
+while [ -e "$PIDF" ]; do
+ i=`expr $i + 1`
+ [ $i -gt "$MAXCON" ] && i=1
+ fifo="$tmpd/fifo.$i"
+ rm -f "$fifo" 2>/dev/null
+ mkfifo "$fifo"
+ < "$fifo" nc -l -q0 -w"$TIMEOUT" "$ADDR" -p "$port" | (
+ if [ -e "$PIDF" ]; then
+ read -r query
+ selector="`echo "$query" | cut -f1 -d' ' | sed 's:[\r\n]::g'`"
+ query="`echo "$query" | cut -f2 -d' ' | sed 's:[\r\n]::g'`"
+ if [ "$query" = "" ]; then
+ if [ "$defn" = "" ]; then
+ echo "7Search $selector $ADDR $port"
+ else
+ echo "$defn"
+ fi
+ else
+ QUERY_STRING="$query" "$prog" 2>> "$LOG" &
+ fi
+ fi
+ ) > "$fifo"
+done
+rm -rf "$tmpd" 2>/dev/null
+