#
# Patch name: MOTD-SAVE
# Patch version: 1
# Author's name: Mike Kelly
# Author's email: kellym@nbnet.nb.ca
# Version of PennMUSH: PennMUSH 1.7.0 p11
# Date patch made: 12/19/97
# Author is willing to support (yes/no): yes
# Patch format: Context Diff
#
#
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This patch is just something I wrote up quickly after getting entirely
sick of having to save my online MOTD's by hand when I want to
@shutdown/reboot. Essentially all it does it dump the wizmotd and normal
motd out into files, and re-read them when the game starts back up. Also,
it can be easily tweaked to do the same for full MOTD and down MOTD.

*** src/wiz.c	Fri Dec 19 07:18:24 1997
--- /home/kellym/elrood/src/wiz.c	Fri Dec 19 01:00:23 1997
***************
*** 57,62 ****
--- 57,63 ----
  extern dbref find_player_by_desc _((int port));
  extern int paranoid_dump;
  extern int paranoid_checkpt;
+ extern void dump_motd _((void)); /* Added 12/18/97 */
  
  extern int invok_counter;	/* invocation limit */
  
***************
*** 2324,2330 ****
    fork_and_dump(0);
    alarm(0);
    dump_reboot_db();
! 
  #ifdef INFO_SLAVE
    kill_info_slave();
  #endif
--- 2325,2331 ----
    fork_and_dump(0);
    alarm(0);
    dump_reboot_db();
!   dump_motd();
  #ifdef INFO_SLAVE
    kill_info_slave();
  #endif
*** src/bsd.c	Fri Dec 19 07:18:24 1997
--- /home/kellym/elrood/src/bsd.c	Fri Dec 19 07:12:47 1997
***************
*** 329,334 ****
--- 329,336 ----
  void reopen_logs _((void));
  void dump_reboot_db _((void));
  void load_reboot_db _((void));
+ void dump_motd _((void));
+ void load_motd _((void));
  
  #ifdef HAS_GETRLIMIT
  static void
***************
*** 472,477 ****
--- 474,480 ----
  #endif
  #endif
    load_reboot_db();
+   load_motd();
    shovechars((Port_t) TINYPORT);
  #ifdef CSRI
  #ifdef CSRI_DEBUG
***************
*** 4114,4117 ****
--- 4142,4218 ----
    fclose(f);
    remove(REBOOTFILE);
    flag_broadcast(0, 0, "GAME: Reboot finished.");
+ }
+ 
+ /* MOTD dumping added 12/18/97 */
+ #define MOTDF		"motd.save"
+ #define WIZMOTDF	"wizmotd.save"
+ 
+ void
+ dump_motd(void)
+ {
+   int x = 0; /* result variable */
+   int f_desc = 0; /* descriptor variable */
+   int m_len = strlen(cf_motd_msg); /* length of MOTD to dump */
+ 
+   /* basic MOTD */
+   if (m_len > 0) {
+     f_desc = open(MOTDF, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT); /* open new file to write to */
+     if (f_desc > 0) {			/* make sure the file is good */
+       x = write(f_desc, cf_motd_msg, m_len);	/* write out MOTD */
+       if (x < m_len) {			/* verify our writing */
+         close(f_desc);
+         remove(MOTDF);
+         return;
+       }
+       close(f_desc);			/* done this one */
+     }
+   }
+ 
+ /* wizard MOTD */
+   m_len = strlen(cf_wizmotd_msg);
+   if (m_len > 0) {
+     f_desc = open(WIZMOTDF, O_WRONLY | O_CREAT); /* open new file to write to */
+     if (f_desc > 0) {                     /* make sure the file is good */
+       x = write(f_desc, cf_wizmotd_msg, m_len);  /* write out MOTD */
+       if (x < m_len) {                    /* verify our writing */
+         close(f_desc);
+         remove(WIZMOTDF);
+         return;
+       }
+       close(f_desc);                      /* done this one */
+     }
+   }
+ 
+   /* as a side note, we don't really care about downmotd and fullmotd,
+      because, at least in our case, they are rarely, if ever used, so we
+      don't care if they're blanked out.
+   */
+ }
+ 
+ void
+ load_motd()
+ {
+   int x = 0; /* result variable */
+   int f_desc = 0; /* descriptor variable */
+ 
+   /* basic MOTD */
+   f_desc = open(MOTDF, O_RDONLY);       /* open motd file */
+   if (f_desc > 0) {                     /* make sure the file is good */
+     x = read(f_desc, cf_motd_msg, BUFFER_LEN);  /* read MOTD */
+     cf_motd_msg[x] = '\0';
+     close(f_desc);
+     remove(MOTDF);
+   }
+ 
+   /* wizard MOTD */
+   f_desc = open(WIZMOTDF, O_RDONLY);	/* open wizmotd file */
+   if (f_desc > 0) {			/* make sure the file is good */
+     x = read(f_desc, cf_wizmotd_msg, BUFFER_LEN); /* read WIZMOTD */
+     cf_wizmotd_msg[x] = '\0';
+     close(f_desc);
+     remove(WIZMOTDF);
+   }
+ 
+   /* Once again, we don't really care about downmotd and fullmotd */
  }