added the -n switch

bin/cosmic-log

@@ -62,6 +62,12 @@ parse_input () {
         flag_shortlist=1
         shift
         ;;
+      -n)
+        arg_log=0
+        shift
+        arg_new="$1"
+        shift
+        ;;
       --)
         shift
         break
@@ -144,6 +150,30 @@ check_log () {
   fi
 }
 
+new_message () {
+  ship="$1"
+  post_file="/var/gopher/${ship}/${2}"
+  template_file="/var/gopher/${ship}/.template" 
+  temp_post=$(mktemp -t "$(basename "$0").post.XXXXXXX") || die "Failed to create temporary file" 1
+  if [ -f "$post_file" ]; then
+    cp "$post_file" "$temp_post"
+  elif [ -f "$template_file" ]; then
+    cp "$template_file" "$temp_post"
+  fi
+  temp_post_time=$(stat -c %Y "$temp_post")
+  ${EDITOR:-nano} "$temp_post"
+  temp_post_time_check=$(stat -c %Y "$temp_post")
+  if [ "$temp_post_time" -ne "$temp_post_time_check" ] ; then
+    printf "Drafted message %s (%s)\\n" "$2" "$1"
+    touch "${post_file}"
+    cat "${temp_post}" > "${post_file}"
+    rm "${temp_post}"
+  else
+    printf "Aborted message.\\n"
+    rm "${temp_post}"
+  fi
+}
+
 main() {
   parse_input "$@"
 
@@ -190,6 +220,27 @@ main() {
       unset IFS
     fi
   fi
+
+  # new message
+  if [ ! -z "$arg_new" ]; then
+    if [ "$numships" -eq 0 ]; then
+      printf "No registered ships found in system.\\n"
+    elif [ "$numships" -eq 1 ]; then
+      if [ -z "$arg_ship" ] || [ "$ships" = "$arg_ship" ]; then
+        new_message "$ships" "$arg_new"
+      fi
+    else
+      IFS='
+'
+      for f in $ships
+      do
+        if [ "$f" = "$arg_ship" ]; then
+          new_message "$arg_ship" "$arg_new"
+        fi
+      done
+      unset IFS
+    fi
+  fi
 }
 
 ##############################################################################
@@ -207,8 +258,9 @@ flag_version=0
 flag_debug=0
 flag_shortlist=0
 
-arg_options="hvds:z"
+arg_options="hvds:zn:"
 arg_log=1
 arg_ship=""
+arg_new=""
 
 main "$@"