working on private message

bot.properties

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-server="card.freenode.net"
-channel="tahackers"
-nick="elizabot"
-user="elizabot elizabot elizabot : elizabot"
+server="irc.tripadvisor.com"
+channel="interns"
+nick="oontvoo_bot"
+user="oontvoo_bot oontvoo_bot oontvoo_bot : oontvoo_bot"

modules/talk.sh

@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 #! /bin/sh
 
-
 arg1=$1 # sender (the person I am talking to)
 arg2=$2 # unclear????
 
@@ -9,6 +8,12 @@ if [ ! -d "$user_dir" ]; then
     mkdir $user_dir
 fi
 
+# if the user said goodbye and changed her mind!
+if [ -f "$user_dir/GOODBYE" ]; then
+    echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: I thought you just said goodbye!"
+    rm $user_dir/GOODBYE
+fi
+
 shift 2  # chop off the first two args
 echo "$@" >> $user_dir/input
 cat $user_dir/input | java -jar eliza_bot/eliza_java.jar > $user_dir/output
@@ -20,4 +25,10 @@ echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: `tail -n 1 $user_dir/output`"
 
 if [ $retcode -eq "1" ]; then
     echo "PRIVMSG $arg2 :$arg1: That was a joke! It's free to talk to me. But we do accept donations! ;D"
+    # clean up old conversations
+    stamp="`date +%s`"
+    mv $user_dir/input $user_dir/"input_$stamp"
+    mv $user_dir/output $user_dir/"output_$stamp"
+    # leave good-bye flag (indicating the user already said goodbye)
+    touch $user_dir/GOODBYE
 fi