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+#!/usr/bin/perl
+#
+# Copyright (C) 2011 Tamil s.a.r.l.
+#
+# This file is part of Koha.
+#
+# Koha is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the
+# terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software
+# Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
+# version.
+#
+# Koha is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY
+# WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
+# A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+# with Koha; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
+# 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
+
+use strict;
+use warnings;
+BEGIN {
+    # find Koha's Perl modules
+    # test carefully before changing this
+    use FindBin;
+    eval { require "$FindBin::Bin/../kohalib.pl" };
+}
+
+use C4::Context;
+use C4::Members::Messaging;
+use Getopt::Long;
+use Pod::Usage;
+
+
+sub usage {
+    pod2usage( -verbose => 2 );
+    exit;
+}
+
+
+sub force_borrower_messaging_defaults {
+    my ($doit, $truncate) = @_;
+
+    my $dbh = C4::Context->dbh;
+    $dbh->{AutoCommit} = 0;
+
+    if ( $doit && $truncate ) {
+        my $sth = $dbh->prepare("TRUNCATE borrower_message_preferences");
+        $sth->execute();
+    }
+
+    my $sth = $dbh->prepare("SELECT borrowernumber, categorycode FROM borrowers");
+    $sth->execute();
+    while ( my ($borrowernumber, $categorycode) = $sth->fetchrow ) {
+        print "$borrowernumber: $categorycode\n";
+        next unless $doit;
+        C4::Members::Messaging::SetMessagingPreferencesFromDefaults( {
+            borrowernumber => $borrowernumber,
+            categorycode   => $categorycode,
+        } );
+    }
+    $dbh->commit();
+}
+
+
+my ($doit, $truncate, $help);
+my $result = GetOptions(
+    'doit'     => \$doit,
+    'truncate' => \$truncate,
+    'help|h'   => \$help,
+);
+
+usage() if $help;
+
+force_borrower_messaging_defaults( $doit, $truncate);
+
+=head1 NAME
+
+force-borrower-messaging-defaults
+
+=head1 SYNOPSIS
+
+  force-borrower-messaging-defaults 
+  force-borrower-messaging-defaults --help
+  force-borrower-messaging-defaults --doit
+  force-borrower-messaging-defaults --doit --truncate
+
+=head1 DESCRIPTION
+
+If the EnhancedMessagingPreferences syspref is enabled after borrowers have
+been created in the DB, those borrowers won't have messaging transport
+preferences default values as defined for their borrower category. So you would
+have to modify each borrower one by one if you would like to send them 'Hold
+Filled' notice for example.
+
+This script create transport preferences for all existing borrowers and set
+them to default values defined for the category they belong to.
+
+=over 8
+
+=item B<--help>
+
+Prints this help
+
+=item B<--doit>
+
+Process actually the borrowers.
+
+=item B<--truncate>
+
+Truncate all borrowers transport preferences before (re-)creating them. It
+affects borrower_message_preferences table.
+
+=back
+
+=cut
+