database & pretty much prod ready

lib/discord-r9k.rb

@@ -17,8 +17,29 @@ bot.message do |event|
 end
 
 def init_messages
-  $messages << "this is a placeholder method"
-  $messages << "i will load/store things in a \"\"\"database\"\"\" later"
+  msg_count = 0
+  File.foreach("messages.db") do |entry|
+    $messages << entry.chop
+    msg_count += 1
+  end
+  puts "Read #{msg_count.to_s} messages from database"
+end
+
+def save_messages
+  File.open("messages.db", "w") do |file|
+    $messages.each do |msg|
+      file.write msg + "\n"
+    end
+  end
+end
+
+Signal.trap("INT") do
+  save_messages
+  exit
+end
+Signal.trap("TERM") do
+  save_messages
+  exit
 end
 
 init_messages

lib/messages.db

@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+this is a test message
+this is another test message
+this is a third test message