coursechk

#!/bin/bash
# coursechk
# Check if a UW course is available

TERM="1055"
SUBJECT="MUSIC"
COURSENUM="140"
ADDRESS="http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/infocour/salook.pl"
TOTAL=180
LOGFILE="/tmp/coursechk.log"

echo "Checking for course: $SUBJECT $COURSENUM..."

while true
do
	CURL_RESULT=`curl -k -d "sess=$TERM" -d "subject=$SUBJECT" -d "cournum=$COURSENUM" "$ADDRESS" 2> /dev/null`

	RESULT=`echo $CURL_RESULT | egrep -o "$TOTAL" | wc -l`

	echo -n "$RESULT "

	if [ $RESULT -eq 1 ]
	then
		echo
		date
		echo FOUND! Sign up for course: 1524
		xmms --pause
		beep -d 100 -f 1000 -r 3
		xmms --play
		exit 0
	fi

	sleep 5s
done