broadcastIP

#! /bin/bash

#A simple script that broadcasts this pi's local ip to an IRC channel
#Have this run at startup to locate your pi for ssh
#Written By: Cooper Wiegand

count=0;
while true; do
    if [[ $(hostname -I) ]];
    then
        break
    else
	if [ $count -eq 20 ]; then
		echo "Network Unreachable!"
		exit 0
	fi
        sleep 1
	count=$(($count+1))
    fi
done

#vervet.foonetic.net
address="216.93.242.12"
channel="#pinpointpi"

#exit message
echo "$0: Broadcasting to $address $channel"
echo "$0: Messages about terminating 'ii -i /home/pi/irc -s $address' are good."

#create message
hostname=$(hostname)
internalIP=$(hostname -I)
message="$internalIP"

#start ii
ii -n "$hostname" -i /home/pi/irc -s $address -f "$hostname"&
sleep 1

#join channel to create folder and send message
echo "/j $channel" > "/home/pi/irc/$address/in"
echo "/PRIVMSG $channel $message" > "/home/pi/irc/$address/in"
sleep 1

#kill ii process and clean up
pkill "ii"
#rm -r ~/irc

#exit message
echo "$0: Broadcast Complete!"