Made handle-specification more robust.

diff --git a/qwikboard b/qwikboard
index cfd26c9..2da9e31 100755 (executable)
--- a/qwikboard
+++ b/qwikboard
@@ -468,12 +468,20 @@ exec: {
 
    local input_string = io.stdin:read("*all")
 
-   if string.match(input_string, "^get%s%w+%s$") then
+   if string.match(input_string, "^%s*get") then
 
-      local user_name = string.match(input_string, "^get%s(%w+)%s$")
+      local user_name = string.match(input_string, "^%s*get%s+(%w+)%s*$")
+      if user_name then
+         nncp_usernames[node_id] = user_name
+         store_nncp_usernames()
+      else
+         user_name = nncp_usernames[node_id]
+      end
       
-      nncp_usernames[node_id] = user_name
-      store_nncp_usernames()
+      if not user_name then
+         print("Error: no known handle for node " .. node_id .. ". Aborting.")
+         return false
+      end
 
       print("Building QWK packet for user '" .. user_name .. "'")
       -- Construct QWK packet
@@ -495,7 +503,7 @@ exec: {
       local user_name = nncp_usernames[node_id]
       
       if not user_name then
-         print("No user name for node " .. node_id .. " found. Aborting.")
+         print("Error: No user name for node " .. node_id .. " found. Aborting.")
          return false
       end