mysticpage

#!/usr/pkg/bin/bash
#
# mysticpage - (c) by Thiesi, 2019

### Adjust the following variables to suit your need.
### Numbers smaller than 5 for DelayBetweenPagingMessages might not emit another beep.
### OnScreenMessageWaitingTime determines how long the script pauses before
### moving on after displaying a message to the BBS user.

NumberOfPagingMessages=6
DelayBetweenPagingMessages=5
OnScreenMessageWaitingTime=3

if [[ $# -eq 2 ]]; then
        SysOpName=$1
        PagingUser=$2
else
        echo "SYNTAX: mysticpage <SysOp name> <name of paging user>"
        sleep $OnScreenMessageWaitingTime
        exit
fi

echo -ne "Please enter a reason for paging: "
read -e ReasonForPaging
if [ -z  "$ReasonForPaging" ]; then
        ReasonForPaging="*** no reason given ***"
fi

PageSysOp()
{
        echo -e "Incoming chat request from BBS user $PagingUser.\nThey stated the following reason for paging: $ReasonForPaging" | write $SysOpName $tty 2> /dev/null
}
tty=(`w -hi $SysOpName | awk '{ print $2 }' | grep -v TTY`)

if [ $? != 0 ]; then
        echo "Sorry, but the SysOp is currently unavailable. Please try again later."
        sleep $OnScreenMessageWaitingTime
        exit
else
        echo -ne "Paging SysOp for approximately `expr $NumberOfPagingMessages '*' $DelayBetweenPagingMessages` seconds now..."
        for ((i=0;i<$NumberOfPagingMessages;i++))
        do
                echo -ne "."
                PageSysOp
                if [ $? != 0 ]; then
                        echo -e "\nSorry, but the SysOp is busy at the moment. Please try again later."
                        sleep $OnScreenMessageWaitingTime
                        exit
                fi
                echo -ne "."
                sleep $DelayBetweenPagingMessages
        done
        echo "...done."
        echo "The SysOp has been notified and might engage chat."
        echo "You may continue using the BBS normally."
        sleep $OnScreenMessageWaitingTime
fi