# 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
prog="$1"
port="$2"
+defn="$3"
[ "$port" = "" ] && port=70
if [ "$prog" = "" ]; then
rm "$PIDF"
- echo "Syntax: $0 [prog] ([port])" >&2
+ 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 ' (with a grace time of $TIMEOUT seconds)' >&2
+ echo ' (you still have to make a last connection on $port)' >&2
exit 1
fi
exit 2
fi
-touch "$PIDF"
+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
rm -f "$fifo" 2>/dev/null
mkfifo "$fifo"
< "$fifo" nc -l -q0 -w"$TIMEOUT" "$ADDR" -p "$port" | (
- read -r query
- query="`echo "$query" | cut -f2 -d' ' | sed 's:[\r\n]::g'`"
- QUERY_STRING="$query" "$prog" 2>> "$LOG" &
+ 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