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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# AST_settings_container_SQL.pl    version 2.12
+#
+# DESCRIPTION:
+# - runs contents of a settings container in the system as SQL and logs to admin log
+#
+# This script can be run manually as needed, or put into the crontab on one server
+#
+# !!!!! IMPORTANT !!!!!
+# THE SQL STATEMENTS MUST NOT CONTAIN NEWLINES OR CARRIAGE RETURNS!
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2016  Matt Florell <vicidial@gmail.com>    LICENSE: AGPLv2
+#
+# CHANGES
+# 160118-1638 - First build
+#
+
+### begin parsing run-time options ###
+if (length($ARGV[0])>1)
+	{
+	$i=0;
+	while ($#ARGV >= $i)
+		{
+		$args = "$args $ARGV[$i]";
+		$i++;
+		}
+
+	if ($args =~ /--help/i)
+		{
+		print "allowed run time options:\n";
+		print "  [-q] = quiet\n";
+		print "  [-t] = test\n";
+		print "  [--debug] = debugging messages\n";
+		print "  [--debugX] = Extra debugging messages\n";
+		print "  [--container=XXX] = required, the ID of the settings container to run from the system\n";
+		print "\n";
+
+		exit;
+		}
+	else
+		{
+		if ($args =~ /-q/i)
+			{
+			$q=1;   $Q=1;
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /--debug/i)
+			{
+			$DB=1;
+			print "\n----- DEBUGGING -----\n\n";
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /--debugX/i)
+			{
+			$DBX=1;
+			print "\n----- EXTRA DEBUGGING -----\n\n";
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /-t|--test/i)
+			{
+			$T=1; $TEST=1;
+			print "\n----- TESTING -----\n\n";
+			}
+		if ($args =~ /--container=/i)
+			{
+			@data_in = split(/--container=/,$args);
+			$container = $data_in[1];
+			$container =~ s/ .*$//gi;
+			if ($Q < 1)
+				{print "\n----- SETTINGS CONTAINER: $container -----\n\n";}
+			}
+		if (length($container) < 1)
+			{
+			print "ERROR! Invalid Settings Container: $container     Exiting...\n";
+			exit;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+else
+	{
+	print "no command line options set   Exiting...\n";
+	}
+### end parsing run-time options ###
+
+$secX = time();
+($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime(time);
+$year = ($year + 1900);
+$yy = $year; $yy =~ s/^..//gi;
+$mon++;
+if ($mon < 10) {$mon = "0$mon";}
+if ($mday < 10) {$mday = "0$mday";}
+if ($hour < 10) {$hour = "0$hour";}
+if ($min < 10) {$min = "0$min";}
+if ($sec < 10) {$sec = "0$sec";}
+$SQLdate_NOW="$year-$mon-$mday $hour:$min:$sec";
+
+if (!$Q) {print "TEST\n\n";}
+if (!$Q) {print "NOW DATETIME:         $SQLdate_NOW\n";}
+
+# default path to astguiclient configuration file:
+$PATHconf =		'/etc/astguiclient.conf';
+
+open(conf, "$PATHconf") || die "can't open $PATHconf: $!\n";
+@conf = <conf>;
+close(conf);
+$i=0;
+foreach(@conf)
+	{
+	$line = $conf[$i];
+	$line =~ s/ |>|\n|\r|\t|\#.*|;.*//gi;
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHhome/) && ($CLIhome < 1) )
+		{$PATHhome = $line;   $PATHhome =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHlogs/) && ($CLIlogs < 1) )
+		{$PATHlogs = $line;   $PATHlogs =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHagi/) && ($CLIagi < 1) )
+		{$PATHagi = $line;   $PATHagi =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHweb/) && ($CLIweb < 1) )
+		{$PATHweb = $line;   $PATHweb =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHsounds/) && ($CLIsounds < 1) )
+		{$PATHsounds = $line;   $PATHsounds =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^PATHmonitor/) && ($CLImonitor < 1) )
+		{$PATHmonitor = $line;   $PATHmonitor =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARserver_ip/) && ($CLIserver_ip < 1) )
+		{$VARserver_ip = $line;   $VARserver_ip =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_server/) && ($CLIDB_server < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_server = $line;   $VARDB_server =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_database/) && ($CLIDB_database < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_database = $line;   $VARDB_database =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_user/) && ($CLIDB_user < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_user = $line;   $VARDB_user =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_pass/) && ($CLIDB_pass < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_pass = $line;   $VARDB_pass =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	if ( ($line =~ /^VARDB_port/) && ($CLIDB_port < 1) )
+		{$VARDB_port = $line;   $VARDB_port =~ s/.*=//gi;}
+	$i++;
+	}
+
+# Customized Variables
+$server_ip = $VARserver_ip;		# Asterisk server IP
+
+if (!$VARDB_port) {$VARDB_port='3306';}
+
+use DBI;
+
+$dbhA = DBI->connect("DBI:mysql:$VARDB_database:$VARDB_server:$VARDB_port", "$VARDB_user", "$VARDB_pass")
+ or die "Couldn't connect to database: " . DBI->errstr;
+
+### Grab container content from the database
+$container_sql='';
+$stmtA = "SELECT container_entry FROM vicidial_settings_containers where container_id = '$container';";
+$sthA = $dbhA->prepare($stmtA) or die "preparing: ",$dbhA->errstr;
+$sthA->execute or die "executing: $stmtA ", $dbhA->errstr;
+$sthArows=$sthA->rows;
+if ($sthArows > 0)
+	{
+	@aryA = $sthA->fetchrow_array;
+	$container_sql = $aryA[0];
+	}
+$sthA->finish();
+
+if (length($container_sql)>5) 
+	{
+	@container_lines = split(/\n/,$container_sql);
+	$i=0;
+	foreach(@container_lines)
+		{
+		$container_lines[$i] =~ s/;.*//gi;
+		if (length($container_lines[$i])>5)
+			{
+			if ($container_lines[$i] =~ /^INSERT|^UPDATE|^DELETE|^SELECT/i)
+				{
+				$stmtA = "$container_lines[$i];";
+				if($DB){print STDERR "\n|$stmtA|\n";}
+				if (!$T) {	$affected_rows = $dbhA->do($stmtA);}
+				if (!$Q) {print " - line $i executed, affected: $affected_rows rows\n";}
+
+				$stmtB="INSERT INTO vicidial_admin_log set event_date=NOW(), user='VDAD', ip_address='1.1.1.1', event_section='CONTAINERS', event_type='OTHER', record_id='$container', event_code='CONTAINER SQL RUN', event_sql=\"$container_lines[$i]\", event_notes='line $i executed, $affected_rows rows affected';";
+				if (!$T) {	$Iaffected_rows = $dbhA->do($stmtB);}
+				if ($DBX) {print " - admin log insert debug: |$Iaffected_rows|$stmtB|\n";}
+				}
+			else
+				{if ($DBX > 0) {print "     not allowed SQL: $i|$container_lines[$i]|\n";}}
+			}
+		else
+			{if ($DBX > 0) {print "     blank line: $i|$container_lines[$i]|\n";}}
+		$i++;
+		}
+	}
+else
+	{
+	if ($Q < 1)
+		{print "ERROR: SETTINGS CONTAINER EMPTY: $container $container_sql\n";}
+	}
+
+
+$dbhA->disconnect();
+
+if (!$Q) {print "Script exiting\n";}
+
+exit;