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+#! /bin/sh
+# index-news : Cree les index des messages de news
+# par Benoit
+
+# Repertoire des news
+Rep_News=/var/spool/news/articles/crans/
+
+# Repertoire d'indexage
+Rep_Ind=/var/local/search_news/index/crans.
+
+# Repertoire d'id-xage
+Rep_Id=/var/local/search_news/mid/crans.
+
+# Indexage des articles
+for forum in $(find $Rep_News -type d -mindepth 1 -printf '%P \n') ; do
+  if (($(du -S $Rep_News$forum --max-depth=0 | awk '{print $1}') )) ; then
+    index=($Rep_Ind$(echo $forum | tr "/" "."))
+    nice -10 /usr/bin/index++ -v0 -i $index -r -mFrom -mSubject -mMessage-ID -e 'mail:*' $Rep_News$forum
+
+    # Indexage des Id
+    id=($Rep_Id$(echo $forum | tr "/" "."))
+    number=$(tail -n 1 $id | awk '{print $1}')
+    fichier=$Rep_News$forum/$number
+    if test -f $fichier ; then
+      for article in $(find $Rep_News$forum -type f -maxdepth 1 -newer $fichier -printf '%P \n') ; do
+        mid=$(grep "Message-ID: " $Rep_News$forum/$article | awk '{print $2}')
+        $(echo $article $mid >> $id )
+      done
+    else # si le dernier message avant le dernier id-xage est annule ou modere :
+         # on est bourrin : on re-indexe l'ensemble
+      for article in $(find $Rep_News$forum -type f -maxdepth 1 -printf '%P \n') ; do
+        mid=$(grep "Message-ID: " $Rep_News$forum/$article | awk '{print $2}')
+        $(echo $article $mid >> $id )
+      done
+    fi
+  fi
+done