nvchecker: add time

.repo/nvchecker.toml

@@ -729,6 +729,10 @@ cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/html-xml-utils.sh"
 source = "cmd"
 cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/sendmail.sh"
 
+[time]
+source = "cmd"
+cmd = "./.repo/pkgver/time.sh"
+
 # git
 #[plasma-pass-git]
 #source = "git"

.repo/pkgver/time.sh

@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/bash
+set -e
+
+# check dependencies
+count=0
+for dependency in curl tr cut grep sed sort tail; do
+	if [ ! -x "$(command -v $dependency)" ]; then
+		echo "$dependency missing"
+		count=$((count+1))
+	fi
+done
+
+# exit script if any dependencies missing
+if [ $count -ne 0 ]; then
+	exit 1
+fi
+
+# upstream URL
+UPSTREAM_URL="ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/time/"
+
+# options to pass to cURL, including custom user agent
+USER_AGENT="time-version-checker/1.0 george@rawlinson.net.nz"
+CURL_OPTS=(--ftp-pasv --silent --user-agent "$USER_AGENT")
+
+curl "${CURL_OPTS[@]}" "$UPSTREAM_URL" \
+	| tr -s ' ' \
+	| cut -d ' ' -f 9 \
+	| grep ".tar.gz$" \
+	| sort -n \
+	| tail -n 1 \
+	| sed -e "s/^time-//" -e "s/.tar.gz$//"
+
+exit 0
+