#!/bin/bash

#---------- config start----------
username="username"
password="password"
server="newsserver"
temppath="path of temp dir used to post material es: /media/dati/"
newsgroup="newsgroup, es: alt.binaries.multimedia.divx.italian"
poster="poster name, es: poster"
email="email address, es: poster@gmail.com"
#---------- config end----------


error="false"
filename="$(basename $1)"
subject="${filename%.*}"



function checkLastCommand {
    if [ "$1" != "0" ]; then
        error="true"
    fi
}

#rar split of file
rar a "$temppath$filename" -v40m -m0 $1

#checkresult
checkLastCommand "$?"

#create par
if [ "$error" != "true" ]; then
    par2create -r10 -n7 "$temppath$filename" "$temppath"*.rar*
fi

#checkresult
checkLastCommand "$?"

#post
if [ "$error" != "true" ]; then
    newspost -i "$server" -u "$username" -p "$password" -f "$email" -n "$newsgroup" -y -s "$subject" "$temppath"*
fi

#checkresult
checkLastCommand "$?"

#delete tmpfile
if [ "$error" != "true" ]; then
    rm "$temppath"*
fi