Self-contained WWDC Status Checker Hack

gistfile1.sh

#!/bin/bash

#
# add to crontab
# */5 * * * * /Users/YOURNAME/bin/wwdc >/dev/null
#

# URL="http://www.cnn.com"
URL="http://developer.apple.com/wwdc/"

EMAIL="email@..."

OSNAME=`uname`
OLDPAGE="/tmp/old_wwdc_page.html"
NEWPAGE="/tmp/new_wwdc_page.html"

testSiteForChanges ()
{
	ls $OLDPAGE 1>/dev/null 2>/dev/null
	if [ $? -ne "0" ] ; then
		/usr/bin/curl --silent $1 > $OLDPAGE
	fi
	
	/usr/bin/curl --silent $1 > $NEWPAGE
	diff $OLDPAGE $NEWPAGE 1>/dev/null

	if [ $? -eq "0" ] ; then
		#echo "SAME!"
		CHANGES=0
	else
		#echo "CURRENT WEB PAGE IS DIFFERENT THAN ORIGINAL!!"
		CHANGES=1
	fi
	
	return $CHANGES
}


testSiteForChanges $URL
if [ $? -eq  "1" ] ; then
	echo "$(date)  WWDC MAY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!"
	echo "$(date)  WWDC MAY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!" >> wwdc.log

	if [ $OSNAME == "Darwin" ] ; then
		say "WWDC MAY HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED!"
	else
		echo -e "to:$EMAIL\nfrom:$EMAIL\nsubject:WWDC\n\nWWDC may have been announced." | /usr/sbin/sendmail -t
	fi	
else
	echo "$(date)  WWDC Checked... no changes"
	echo "$(date)  WWDC Checked... no changes" >> wwdc.log
fi