Adding a flag --force

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/fripost-newalias b/fripost-newalias
index e00adcb..0ca009b 100755
--- a/fripost-newalias
+++ b/fripost-newalias
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ fripost-newalias - Add a new alias to the system
 =head1 SYNOPSIS
 
 B<fripost-newalias> [B<--verbose>] [B<--debug>] [B<--pretend>]
-[I<goto> [I<from>...]]
+[B<--force>] [I<goto> [I<from>...]]
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
@@ -32,6 +32,11 @@ B<fripost-newalias> raises an error.
 Only simulates the insertion. (But still query the LDAP server to ensure
 that the virtual domains of aliases are know, for example.)
 
+=item B<--force>
+
+Force creating the creation, even if I<from> is already an alias. Also,
+disable the sending of the confirmation.
+
 =item B<--server_host=>I<host>
 
 The LDAP URI to connect to.
@@ -127,6 +132,7 @@ GetOptions(
     'bind_dn=s'     => \$conf->{bind_dn},
     'bind_pw=s'     => \$conf->{bind_pw},
     'pretend'       => \$conf->{pretend},
+    'force'         => \$conf->{force},
     'debug'         => \$conf->{debug},
     'v|verbose'     => \$conf->{verbose},
     'man'           => sub { pod2usage(-exitstatus => 0,
@@ -178,7 +184,7 @@ confirm_or_abort();
 ## Insert alias into database
 for my $addr (@addr) {
     my $rs = $ldap->alias->search({ address => $addr });
-    if (!$rs->count) {
+    if (!$rs->count or defined $conf->{force}) {
         if (!$ldap->user->search({ username => $addr })->count) {
             if (!$conf->{pretend}) {
                 $ldap->alias->add({ address => $addr, goto => $goto,
@@ -218,7 +224,7 @@ my $msg = MIME::Lite->new(
     Encoding => 'quoted-printable',
 );
 
-{
+unless (defined $conf->{force}) {
     my ($vars, $data);
     $vars = {
         addrs => \@addr,