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script for easy printing to Péage from lilo @ Radboud University
#!/bin/bash
# Author: Daan Sprenkels <[email protected]>
# Description: script for easy printing to Péage from lilo
PROGNAME="peage-print"
VERSION="0.1.2 (2016-08-30)"
PRINT_SERVER="payprint01.ru.nl"
PRINT_QUEUE="RU-Print"
SNUMBER_CACHE_FILE="$HOME/.cache/snumber.txt"
function show_help {
cat << END
Script for easy printing to Péage from lilo
Usage:
$APP_BASENAME [options] file
Options:
-h, --help Display this message
-v, --version Print version info and exit
Bugs:
Please report bugs to Daan Sprenkels <[email protected]>.
END
}
function show_version {
echo "$PROGNAME $VERSION"
}
# Parse command line arguments
APP_BASENAME=$0
while [[ $# -gt 0 ]]; do
case "$1" in
"-h"|"--help")
show_help
exit 0
;;
"-v"|"--version")
show_version
exit 0
;;
*)
if [[ $1 == "-"* ]]; then
# This is an unknown option
echo "Unknown option: $1" >&2
exit 1
else
# We will assume that this is the to-be-printed file
if [ -z ${FILE+x} ]; then
FILE=$1
else
echo "More than one file supplied" >&2
exit 1
fi
fi
shift
;;
esac
done
# Read student number from cache
if [[ -f "$SNUMBER_CACHE_FILE" && -r "$SNUMBER_CACHE_FILE" ]]; then
SNUMBER=$(cat "$SNUMBER_CACHE_FILE")
else
read -r -p 'RU domain username (e.g. `ru\s1234567`): ' SNUMBER
fi
# Build smbclient input string
if [[ ! -f "$FILE" || ! -r "$FILE" ]]; then
echo "Cannot read specified file $FILE" >&2
exit 1
fi
# Send print jobs
echo "Connecting as '$SNUMBER' to $PRINT_SERVER" >&2
smbclient -g -U "$SNUMBER" -c "print \"$FILE\"" '\\'"$PRINT_SERVER"'\'"$PRINT_QUEUE"
SMBSTATUS=$?
# If no problems occurred; save student number for next time
[ $SMBSTATUS -eq 0 ] && \
mkdir -p $(dirname $SNUMBER_CACHE_FILE) && \
echo "$SNUMBER" >"$SNUMBER_CACHE_FILE"
exit 0
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