simple gopher server implimentation

slopher.sh

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+#!/bin/sh
+
+set -x
+
+createsrv () {
+  # $1 - port
+  # $2 - write location
+  # $3 - read location
+  [ -p "$2" ] || mkfifo "$2"
+  [ -e "$3" ] || touch "$3"
+
+  nc -l "$1" <"$2" >>"$3" & exec 3>"$2"
+}
+writefile () {
+  # $1 - file
+  foo cat "$1" >&3
+}
+ioblock () {
+  # $1 - io to block
+  while [ "$(wc -l $1 | awk -F' ' '{print $1}')" -eq 0 ]; do :; done
+}
+ioflush () {
+  # $1 - io to flush
+  rm "$1"
+  touch "$1"
+}
+mktmp () {
+  t=$(mktemp)
+  rm "$t"
+  mkdir "$t"
+  printf "%s\n" "$t"
+}
+tmplocation=$(mktmp)
+writelocation="${tmplocation}/write"
+readlocation="${tmplocation}/read"
+
+createsrv 70 "${writelocation}" "${readlocation}"
+printf "server created\n"
+while true; do
+  ioblock "${readlocation}"
+  printf "iHello there! This is a test\tfake\t\t0\r\n.\r\n" >&3
+  printf "file served\n"
+  ioflush "${readlocation}"
+done
+exit 1