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+*~
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 aqbanking-scripts
 =================
+This repository contains some useful scripts when using aqbanking.
+
+See also http://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/De/HBCI/SEPA-Lastschrift
+
+Content:
+
+* install-aqbanking.sh - Downloads, compiles and installs the set of
+  gwenhywfar, gnutls, aqbanking to some prefix so that you can create
+  up-to-date packages on some server system.
+
+* get-transfers-print.sh - Example script to retrieve the transfers of
+  some account and print it to stdout
diff --git a/get-transfers-print.sh b/get-transfers-print.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+ACCOUNTNUM=11111111111
+
+BINDIR=/opt/hbci/aqbanking-5.5.0.2git/bin
+BASEDIR=$HOME
+PINFILE=$BASEDIR/pinlist.txt
+AQBANKING=$BINDIR/aqbanking-cli
+CONFDIR=$HOME/.aqbanking
+DATE=`date +%Y-%m-%d_%H:%M:%S`
+DATE_OLD=`date -d '2 weeks ago' +%Y%m%d`
+LOGDIR=$BASEDIR/log
+if [ ! -d $LOGDIR ] ; then
+	echo "Oops, the log directory LOGDIR=$LOGDIR does not exist"
+	exit 1
+fi
+CTXFILE=$LOGDIR/context${ACCOUNTNUM}_${DATE}_$$.ctx
+LOGFILE=$LOGDIR/log${ACCOUNTNUM}_${DATE}_$$.log
+
+$AQBANKING -D $CONFDIR -P $PINFILE request --transactions -a $ACCOUNTNUM -c $CTXFILE --fromdate=$DATE_OLD > $LOGFILE 2>&1 || exit 1
+
+$AQBANKING -D $CONFDIR listtrans -c $CTXFILE -a $ACCOUNTNUM
+
+# In case multiple users execute this script, it might be useful to
+# reset the ownership of the .aqbanking directory:
+#chown -R cs $CONFDIR 2>/dev/null
+
diff --git a/install-aqbanking.sh b/install-aqbanking.sh
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+set -e
+function on_error() {
+  echo "An error occurred, exiting."
+}
+trap on_error ERR
+
+# Required by gwenhywfar: Some recent gnutls
+GNUTLS_VERSION="2.12.22" #"3.1.26"
+GNUTLS_URL="ftp://ftp.gnutls.org/gcrypt/gnutls/v2.12/gnutls-${GNUTLS_VERSION}.tar.bz2"
+
+## online banking: gwenhywfar+aqbanking
+GWENHYWFAR_VERSION="4.12.0beta"
+GWENHYWFAR_URL="http://www2.aquamaniac.de/sites/download/download.php?package=01&release=76&file=01&dummy=gwenhywfar-${GWENHYWFAR_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+AQBANKING_VERSION="5.5.0.2git"
+AQBANKING_URL="http://www2.aquamaniac.de/sites/download/download.php?package=03&release=117&file=01&dummy=aqbanking-${AQBANKING_VERSION}.tar.gz"
+
+EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS="-j2"
+
+GLOBAL_DIR=/opt/hbci
+if [ ! -d $GLOBAL_DIR ] ; then
+    GLOBAL_DIR=$HOME/tmpa
+else
+    echo "You must call:"
+    echo "yum install libgcrypt-devel p11-kit-devel gcc-g++ gmp-devel"
+fi
+GNUTLS_DIR=$GLOBAL_DIR/gnutls-${GNUTLS_VERSION}
+GWENHYWFAR_DIR=$GLOBAL_DIR/gwenhywfar-${GWENHYWFAR_VERSION}
+AQBANKING_DIR=$GLOBAL_DIR/aqbanking-${AQBANKING_VERSION}
+
+DOWNLOAD_DIR=downloads
+TMP_DIR=tmp
+mkdir -p $TMP_DIR
+
+
+PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config
+export PKG_CONFIG_PATH="$GNUTLS_DIR/lib/pkgconfig:$GWENHYWFAR_DIR/lib/pkgconfig:$AQBANKING_DIR/lib/pkgconfig:$PKG_CONFIG_PATH"
+
+function die() { echo "$@"; exit 1; }
+function qpushd() { pushd "$@" >/dev/null; }
+function qpopd() { popd >/dev/null; }
+function unix_path() { echo "$*" | sed 's,^\([A-Za-z]\):,/\1,;s,\\,/,g'; }
+
+# usage:  smart_wget URL DESTDIR [DESTFILE]
+function smart_wget() {
+    _FILE=`basename $1`
+    # Remove url garbage from filename that would not be removed by wget
+    _UFILE=${3:-${_FILE##*=}}
+    _DLD=`unix_path $2`
+
+    # If the file already exists in the download directory ($2)
+    # then don't do anything.  But if it does NOT exist then
+    # download the file to the tmpdir and then when that completes
+    # move it to the dest dir.
+    if [ ! -f $_DLD/$_UFILE ] ; then
+    # If WGET_RATE is set (in bytes/sec), limit download bandwith
+    if [ ! -z "$WGET_RATE" ] ; then
+            wget --passive-ftp -c $1 -P $TMP_DIR --limit-rate=$WGET_RATE $WGET_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+        else
+            wget --passive-ftp -c $1 -P $TMP_DIR $WGET_EXTRA_OPTIONS
+        fi
+    mv $TMP_DIR/$_FILE $_DLD/$_UFILE
+    fi
+    LAST_FILE=$_DLD/$_UFILE
+}
+
+# usage:  wget_unpacked URL DOWNLOAD_DIR UNPACK_DIR [DESTFILE]
+function wget_unpacked() {
+    smart_wget $1 $2 $4
+    _EXTRACT_DIR=`unix_path $3`
+    _EXTRACT_SUBDIR=
+    echo -n "Extracting $_UFILE ... "
+    case $LAST_FILE in
+        *.zip)
+            unzip -q -o $LAST_FILE -d $_EXTRACT_DIR
+            _PACK_DIR=$(zipinfo -1 $LAST_FILE '*/*' 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            ;;
+        *.tar.gz|*.tgz)
+            tar -xzpf $LAST_FILE -C $_EXTRACT_DIR
+            _PACK_DIR=$(tar -ztf $LAST_FILE 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            ;;
+        *.tar.bz2)
+            tar -xjpf $LAST_FILE -C $_EXTRACT_DIR
+            _PACK_DIR=$(tar -jtf $LAST_FILE 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            ;;
+         *.tar.xz)
+             tar -xJpf $LAST_FILE -C $_EXTRACT_DIR
+             _PACK_DIR=$(tar -Jtf $LAST_FILE 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+             ;;
+        *.tar.lzma)
+            lzma -dc $LAST_FILE |tar xpf - -C $_EXTRACT_DIR
+            _PACK_DIR=$(lzma -dc $LAST_FILE |tar -tf - 2>/dev/null | head -1)
+            ;;
+        *)
+            die "Cannot unpack file $LAST_FILE!"
+            ;;
+    esac
+
+    # Get the path where the files were actually unpacked
+    # This can be a subdirectory of the requested directory, if the
+    # tarball or zipfile contained a relative path.
+    _PACK_DIR=$(echo "$_PACK_DIR" | sed 's,^\([^/]*\).*,\1,')
+    if (( ${#_PACK_DIR} > 3 ))    # Skip the bin and lib directories from the test
+    then
+        _EXTRACT_SUBDIR=$(echo $_UFILE | sed "s,^\($_PACK_DIR\).*,/\1,;t;d")
+    fi
+    _EXTRACT_DIR="$_EXTRACT_DIR$_EXTRACT_SUBDIR"
+    echo "done"
+}
+
+function assert_one_dir() {
+    counted=$(ls -d "$@" 2>/dev/null | wc -l)
+    if [[ $counted -eq 0 ]]; then
+        die "Exactly one directory is required, but detected $counted; please check why $@ wasn't created"
+    fi
+    if [[ $counted -gt 1 ]]; then
+        die "Exactly one directory is required, but detected $counted; please delete all but the latest one: $@"
+    fi
+}
+
+# #####################################################
+
+mkdir -p $DOWNLOAD_DIR
+
+# ##############################
+# gnutls
+
+echo "###"
+echo "### Checking gnutls"
+echo "###"
+
+if ${PKG_CONFIG} --exact-version=${GNUTLS_VERSION} gnutls
+then
+    echo "GNUTLS already installed in $GNUTLS_DIR. skipping."
+else
+    wget_unpacked $GNUTLS_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $TMP_DIR
+    assert_one_dir $TMP_DIR/gnutls-*
+    cd $TMP_DIR/gnutls-*
+    ./configure \
+        --disable-cxx --disable-hardware-acceleration \
+	--without-lzo --disable-guile \
+	--with-libgcrypt \
+        --without-libnettle-prefix \
+        --without-libiconv-prefix \
+        --without-libpth-prefix \
+        --without-libintl-prefix \
+        --prefix=${GNUTLS_DIR}
+    make ${EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS}
+    make install
+   
+    cd ..
+    ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists gnutls || die "GNUTLS not installed correctly"
+    assert_one_dir gnutls-*
+    rm -rf gnutls-*
+fi
+GNUTLS_CPPFLAGS="-I${GNUTLS_DIR}/include"
+GNUTLS_LDFLAGS="-L${GNUTLS_DIR}/lib"
+
+
+# ##############################
+# gwenhywfar
+
+echo "###"
+echo "### Checking gwenhywfar"
+echo "###"
+
+if ${PKG_CONFIG} --exact-version=${GWENHYWFAR_VERSION} gwenhywfar
+then
+    echo "Gwenhywfar already installed in $GWENHYWFAR_DIR. skipping."
+else
+    wget_unpacked $GWENHYWFAR_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $TMP_DIR
+    assert_one_dir $TMP_DIR/gwenhywfar-*
+    cd $TMP_DIR/gwenhywfar-*
+
+    ./configure \
+        --disable-binreloc \
+        --disable-ssl \
+        --prefix=$GWENHYWFAR_DIR \
+        CPPFLAGS="${GNUTLS_CPPFLAGS}" \
+        LDFLAGS="${GNUTLS_LDFLAGS}" \
+        --with-guis=none
+    make ${EXTRA_MAKE_ARGS}
+    make install
+    cd ..
+    ${PKG_CONFIG} --exact-version=${GWENHYWFAR_VERSION} gwenhywfar || die "Gwenhywfar not installed correctly"
+    assert_one_dir gwenhywfar-*
+    rm -rf gwenhywfar-*
+fi
+
+# ##############################
+# aqbanking
+
+echo "###"
+echo "### Checking aqbanking"
+echo "###"
+
+if ${PKG_CONFIG} --exact-version=${AQBANKING_VERSION} aqbanking
+then
+    echo "AqBanking already installed in $AQBANKING_DIR. skipping."
+else
+    wget_unpacked $AQBANKING_URL $DOWNLOAD_DIR $TMP_DIR
+    assert_one_dir $TMP_DIR/aqbanking-*
+    cd $TMP_DIR/aqbanking-*
+    _AQ_BACKENDS="aqhbci"
+    ./configure \
+        --with-gwen-dir=${GWENHYWFAR_DIR} \
+        --with-frontends="cbanking" \
+        --with-backends="${_AQ_BACKENDS}" \
+        --prefix=${AQBANKING_DIR} \
+        CPPFLAGS="${GNUTLS_CPPFLAGS}" \
+        LDFLAGS="${GNUTLS_LDFLAGS}"
+    make
+    make install
+    cd ..
+    ${PKG_CONFIG} --exists aqbanking || die "AqBanking not installed correctly"
+    assert_one_dir aqbanking-*
+    rm -rf aqbanking-*
+fi