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# Code based on [infobot-0.45.3](https://sourceforge.net/projects/infobot/files/infobot/0.45.3/infobot-0.45.3.tar.gz/download) by Kevin Lenzo
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# 2020-09-20 Patched (removed references to deprecated defined function)
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You will need to update your infobot.config
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and infobot.users. See the example files.
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--
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This requires perl 5.
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You should be able to start up just by running
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infobot. If you are using macperl, you will
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(currently) have to make one minor change (because
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$^O didn't work for me under os8).
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The infobot uses parameter files, typically in the
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params directory, to set up with. It treats anything
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on the command line as a parameter file and tries to
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load it.
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If you are using macperl, you will want to set
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the value of the macperl parameter to 1 in the
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two given param files (in the 'files' dir).
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By default, the infobot uses the IRC setup. This
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may change. NOTE that the irc version has no output
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by default; you'll have to turn up the debug level
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to get more.
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to start up the infobot, just invoke it from the
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command line.
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infobot
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---
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A note on forms: you can prepend the tag <reply>
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to values in the db to just get a reply with no
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extra info.
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e.g.
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x => <reply> y
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then when you ask 'x?' it will just reply 'y' instead
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of something like "i think x is y".
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---
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* extending the bot by adding your own code
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try to keep your changes inside src/myRoutines.pl
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so that you can easily just replace this file when
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there are new revs. this is called just after some
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of the normalization stuff in urlProcess.pl. take
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a look at the file for details.
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basically, if myRoutines returns non-null, it's
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taken to have 'caught' the event. you can just
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return '' to let the rest of the processing go at
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it.
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---
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* update_db & dump_db
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update_db is a little perl script that will take a
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flat ascii file and make an infobot-style db out
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of it (currently just a couple of dbm files). You'll
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want to make 2, even if theye contain only 1 element
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each. it will also simply add (and overwrite entries
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in) existing dbs. This is especially nice if
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you don't allow updates to the databases through IRC
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and just want a collection of permanent factoids.
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update_db <inputfile> <dbname>
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where <inputfile> is an ascii file like (in the case
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of an url-style infobot):
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infobot => at http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~lenzo/hocus.html
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one key => value per line. In the current setup,
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you need an is-database and an are-database, mainly
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for legacy reasons about representing plurality and
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being able to give the proper form. in the infobot-is.txt
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file and infobot-are.txt files you have examples. these
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are a fine starting point:
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1.1 update_db infobot-is.txt infobot-is
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update_db infobot-are.txt infobot-are
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2. Now you need to edit infobot to set up your bot.
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Don't forget to set the path to perl properly at
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the top and make it executable.
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3. Then try running infobot. At present, there's a
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bunch of VERY BAD code in it, so don't use the -w
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switch unless you want to fix a bunch of things and
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mail me.
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Eventually, kill it and then you'll probably
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want to crontab it. included is a sample crontab
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and the script that you will need to edit.
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dump_db <dbname>
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will just make a flat ascii file out of the named db,
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e.g.
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dump_db infobot-is
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Both update_db and dump_db take an optional switch, -m, which tells them
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what DBM module to use. You'll need to specify this if you set
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DBMModule in your config file in order to get the bot to use something
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other than Perl's default. Eg,
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update_db -m DB_File infobot-is.txt infobot-is
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dump_db -m DB_File infobot-is
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good luck, and mail me!
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kevin
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lenzo@cs.cmu.edu
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ps - i am just releasing this _now_ instead of waiting
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to fix everything. If you use this and like it,
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or even if you don't, please mail me!
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---
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thanks to:
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You, for getting this and using this. Especially if
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you mail me and let me put you on the mailing list.
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lenzo@cs.cmu.edu
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special thanks to:
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steve orens (sorens) for being a tour-de-force beta bomber
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yo for working with script. this is a big one!
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amug and everyone there for hosting the undernet url
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#macintosh for dealing with url through his troubled childhood
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tris for being an early guinea pig
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jadin for pointing out the @verb bug... fixed in 0.17b
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chucky burnett for tons of stuff
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