package main import ( "fmt" "flag" "path" "os" "os/user" "io" "io/ioutil" "bufio" ) func main() { flag.Parse() switch flag.Arg(0) { case "set": SetVenture(flag.Args()[1:]) default: fmt.Printf("Usage:\n\t%v set\n", os.Args[0]) flag.PrintDefaults() } } // SetVenture sets the curent user's venture, either by reading the value from the command line or by prompting the user to input it interactively. func SetVenture(args []string) { curUser, err := user.Current() if err != nil { panic(err) } // User status is written to ~/.venture outputPath := path.Join(curUser.HomeDir, ".venture") // Prompt user for input fmt.Printf("What's ~%v been up to?\n~%v", curUser.Username, curUser.Username) reader := bufio.NewReader(os.Stdin) input, err := reader.ReadString('\n') if err != nil && err != io.EOF { panic(err) } // Remove file on blank input if len(input) < 1 { err = os.Remove(outputPath) if err != nil { panic(err) } return } // Prepend status with user's name input = "~"+curUser.Username+input // Write file and create if it doesn't exist as world-readable. err = ioutil.WriteFile(outputPath, []byte(input), 0644) if err != nil { panic(err) } }