This script posts an OpenBSD dmesg to the NYC*BUG archive at http://www.nycbug.org/index.cgi?action=dmesgd

post_dmesg_to_nycbug.pl

#!/usr/bin/perl
use strict;
use warnings;
use feature 'say';

use Sys::Hostname;
use HTTP::Tiny;

# This script posts your OpenBSD dmesg to the NYC*BUG dmesg archive.

my $nickname = "$ENV{USER}";
my $email    = "$ENV{USER}\@" . hostname();

my @sysctls = (
    [qw( hw.vendor hw.product hw.version  )],
    [qw( hw.model )],
);

my $description = "@ARGV";

while ( @sysctls and not $description ) {
    my @s = @{ shift @sysctls };

    open my $de, '-|', qw( sysctl -n ), @s or die $!;
    $description = join ' ', split /\s+/s,
        do { local $/ = undef; readline $de };
    close $de or die $!;
}

print "About to post '$description', OK? ";
readline STDIN;

open my $dm, '<', '/var/run/dmesg.boot' or die $!;
my $dmesg = do { local $/ = undef; readline $dm };
close $dm;

# Remove leftover cruft from previous boots
$dmesg =~ s/^.*\n(OpenBSD )/$1/s;

my $res = HTTP::Tiny->new->post_form(
    'http://dmesgd.nycbug.org/index.cgi',
    {   action      => 'dmesgd',
        do          => 'addd',
        nickname    => $nickname,
        email       => $email,
        description => $description,
        dmesg       => $dmesg,
    }
);

say $res->{success}
    ? 'Sent dmesg'
    : "Unable to send dmesg: $res->{status} $res->{reason}";