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#!/bin/sh
# Grabs a spot price for a currency and stores it in ~/.cache
# Useful to run as a cron job and use its cached output in motds or status
# lines
#
# syntax: grab-spot TO FROM
# for example, to get the value of USD in NZD:
# grab-spot USD NZD
# would place a file at ~/.cache/USDNZD containing the value of the USD in NZD,
# to 4 decimal places, and a label for the conversion
if [ -z $1 ]; then
logger "$0: blank FROM currency"
exit
fi
if [ -z $2 ]; then
logger "$0: blank TO currency"
exit
fi
# Only bother downloading if it's more than 1 hour old
if ([ ! -f ~/.cache/currency/"$1$2" ] || [ $(find ~/.cache/currency/"$1$2" -mmin +60) ]) ; then
rate=$(curl "http://rate-exchange-1.appspot.com/currency?from=$1&to=$2" | jshon -e rate)
if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then
logger "$0: curl error"
exit
fi
printf "$1$2: %.4f" $rate > ~/.cache/"$1$2"
fi
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