autoget

Status in EPIC6

The autoget script formerly automated incoming DCC file transfers. Its file remains in the repository, but EPIC6 removes the /dcc transfer command, the dcc_request hook, and the DCC settings on which it depends. Loading the script does not restore automatic downloads, resuming, or rejection of transfers. There is no direct built-in replacement for this transfer facility.

Former interface

/load autoget
/autoget [<pattern> | -<pattern> ...]
/autoreget [<pattern> | -<pattern> ...]
/autoreject [<pattern> | -<pattern> ...]
/autoclobber [get|resume|rename|close] [get|resume|rename|close]

These are script-defined aliases, not C built-in commands. The pattern aliases display their lists without arguments, append patterns supplied as arguments, and remove an exact listed pattern when prefixed with -; removal does not use wildcard matching.

The former transfer handler matched patterns against nick!user@host,IP,file, replacing commas in the filename with dots for matching. Its initial new-file and existing-file pattern lists are both *. Such masks are not a reliable authentication mechanism.

autoget was intended to accept files not already present through dcc get. autoreget was intended to handle existing files through dcc resume or dcc close. autoclobber selects separate actions for a smaller local file and a local file at least as large as the offer, defaulting to resume close. Its retained alias accepts get, resume, rename, and close; without arguments it prints usage and both modes, and an unrecognized mode produces an error. rename was intended to append ~ and a numeric suffix to the local filename before requesting a fresh download. These transfer effects are unavailable in EPIC6.

Retained script limitations

The script also contains inconsistencies independent of the removed transfer support. The pattern aliases edit variables such as autoget.getpatterns, whereas the handler reads variables such as autoget.patterns.get. Consequently, changing the alias lists does not change the handler's lists. The handler's rejection branch merely skips its own download action; it does not issue the close operation formerly attributed to autoreject.

The script still references removed settings including dcc_store_path, mirc_broken_dcc_resume, and no_ctcp_flood. Its old warnings about enabling resume or disabling CTCP flood protection do not provide a working EPIC6 configuration. Remove obsolete automatic-transfer setup from startup scripts.

History

The autoget script first appeared in EPIC4-1.1.1 and was substantially enhanced in EPIC4-1.1.8.

Source references

• script/autoget: retained aliases, defaults, pattern-variable mismatch, and former transfer handler.
• source/commands.c, source/hook.c, and source/vars.c: current command, hook, and setting registrations omit the required DCC interfaces.
• source/ctcp.c: no built-in DCC transfer negotiation handler.
• KNOWNBUGS: records retirement of /dcc, $dccctl(), and associated functionality.