Description
When registering for classes for the next quarter it is all
too often that the section you want is full. This application was
designed to address this issue. There is a web front-end that I have
placed in the members section of the CSH
website that allows users to enter course numbers. When a space opens
in one of these courses they receive an email with the course
information showing that there is a space available. There is also an
example procmail configuration file that can be used to forward the
email to the text message email address of a cellular phone.
How it works:
When a course number is entered in the web frontend, it is first
checked for existance. The script that gets the course information
screen-scrapes the course website. If the course is found its number
is stored in a database table with the user name of the person who
entered it. On my server I have another script that iterates over the
records in the database and looks up the courses. When a space is open
the user is notified by email. If one so chooses there is a three line
procmail rule that can be used to forward the email to another account
or the email address of a cell phone (Most cell phones have such an
address).
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