chris@eneevax.UUCP (06/05/84)
Here's a handy shell script for manually removing newsgroups. ---------------------tear at dashed lines-------------------- #! /bin/sh # # @(#)rmgroup.sh (U of Maryland) FLB 28-Jun-1983 # Bug fixes 5 June 1984 Chris Torek # # Delete a newsgroup lib=/usr/lib/news spool=/usr/spool/news for group do qgrp="`echo $group | sed 's/\./\\\./g'`" if grep -s "^$qgrp [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$" $lib/active then ed - $lib/active << xxxFOOxxx /^$qgrp [0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9][0-9]$/d w q xxxFOOxxx dir=$spool/"`echo $group | sed 's/\./\//g'`" if [ -d "$dir" ] then rm -r "$dir" else echo "$0: $dir: no spool directory" 2>&1 fi else echo "$0: $group: no such newsgroup" 2>&1 fi done exit 0 ---------------------tear at dashed lines-------------------- -- In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690 UUCP: {seismo,allegra,brl-bmd}!umcp-cs!chris CSNet: chris@umcp-cs ARPA: chris@maryland