irc-bot/firebot

#! /bin/sh -e

if ! [ -d $1 ]; then
    echo "Usage: $0 BOTDIR"
    echo
    echo "Starts a new bot with personality defined in BOTDIR."
    exit 1
fi

botdir=$(cd $1; pwd)
ircdir=$(cd $(dirname $0); pwd)
export botdir ircdir

nickname=$(cat $botdir/nickname)
realname=$(cat $botdir/realname 2>/dev/null || \
    echo "I'm a little printf, short and stdout.")
export nickname realname

if [ -p $botdir/fifo ]; then
    mkfifo -m 0600 $botdir/fifo
    fifo="-f $botdir/fifo"
    export fifo
fi


if [ -x $botdir/connect ]; then
    $botdir/connect $ircdir/connect-handler
else
    server=$(cat $botdir/server)
    if [ -z "$server" ]; then
        echo "$0: no server specified in $botdir/server"
        exit 1
    fi
    socat TCP:$server EXEC:$ircdir/connect-handler
fi