From 7eec9cbb83919be6714ee36af2307097aea93db5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Aleteoryx <alyx@aleteoryx.me>
Date: Sat, 1 Nov 2025 12:58:16 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] mildly friendlier dee, ntalk.sh STAT support

---
 dee.py   | 10 ++++++++--
 ntalk.sh | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 2 files changed, 32 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dee.py b/dee.py
index b02ea11d2e7409207bb5f86f458b868d8299ff71..23f7f5cef6e5ae45b97f07426556c91f8b81239b 100755
--- a/dee.py
+++ b/dee.py
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ class DiceParseException(Exception):
 
 def parse_number(word):
 	return int(word)
+		
 	
 '''
 dice = 'then'? spec offset?
@@ -135,7 +136,10 @@ def parse_dice(nick, words):
 			raise DiceParseException(f'roll {count} what?')
 	
 	if d := re.match('d([0-9]+|[A-Za-z]+)', words[0]):
-		last_dice = parse_number(d.group(1))
+		try:
+			last_dice = parse_number(d.group(1))
+		except (IndexError, ValueError):
+			raise DiceParseException('I don\'t have any dice like that!')
 		words.pop(0)
 		if len(words) > 0 and words[0] == 'more':
 			words.pop(0)
@@ -162,6 +166,8 @@ def parse_dice(nick, words):
 	raise DiceParseException(f'I don\'t know how to roll that!')
 
 def dice(nick, words, pwords):
+	global MAN
+
 	result = nick
 
 	terms = botlib.split_list(words, pwords)
@@ -170,7 +176,7 @@ def dice(nick, words, pwords):
 		try:
 			count, size, offset = parse_dice(nick, term)
 		except DiceParseException as e:
-			send(f'{nick}, {e.args[0]}')
+			send(f'{nick}, {e.args[0]} See {MAN} for syntax.')
 			return
 
 		if count == 0:
diff --git a/ntalk.sh b/ntalk.sh
index 2e62d31a67b416fb0a89656b29cf12d1d2796f3d..207d82be6c546232600e4d410fe9ec21007497d9 100755
--- a/ntalk.sh
+++ b/ntalk.sh
@@ -2,15 +2,29 @@
 
 [ $# -eq 1 ] || {
 	echo 1>&2 "usage: socat TCP-LISTEN:44322,fork EXEC:'$0 <DBFILE>'"
-	exit -1
+	exit 1
 }
 
 DBFILE="$1"
-touch $DBFILE
+touch "$DBFILE"
+mkdir -p "$DBFILE.conn"
+touch "$DBFILE.conn/$$"
 
 numlines() { wc -l <"$DBFILE"; }
+numbytes() { wc -c <"$DBFILE"; }
+numconns() { ls "$DBFILE.conn/" | wc -l; }
+
+cleanup() {
+	cd "$DBFILE.conn/"
+	for i in *; do
+		[ -e "/proc/$i" ] || rm "$i";
+	done
+	cd - >/dev/null
+}
 
 while read line; do
+	[ $((RANDOM % 64)) -eq 0 ] && cleanup
+
 	case "$line" in
 	(SEND\ *)
 		echo "${line##SEND\ }" >>"$DBFILE"
@@ -21,7 +35,7 @@ while read line; do
 		slen=$((len - num))
 		slen=$((slen < 0 ? 0 : slen))
 		echo "$slen"
-		head -n "$len" <"$DBFILE" | tail -n "$slen"
+		head -n "$len" <"$DBFILE" 2>/dev/null | tail -n "$slen"
 		echo "$len" ;;
 	(LAST\ *)
 		num="${line##LAST\ }"
@@ -38,7 +52,14 @@ while read line; do
 		echo "$len"
 		head -n "$len" <"$DBFILE"
 		echo "$len" ;;
+	(STAT)
+		echo "$(numlines) messages"
+		echo "$(numbytes) bytes"
+		echo "$(numconns) clients" ;;
 	(QUIT)
+		rm "$DBFILE.conn/$$"
 		exit 0 ;;
 	esac
 done
+
+rm "$DBFILE.conn/$$"