bill@ssbn.UUCP (Bill Kennedy) (08/25/87)
The newsetup script that I got with rn chokes because it can not handle as
many groups as there are in the active file. This simple minded approach
will just fill out an empty .newsrc. It's not elegant, it just works. I
have sent it to several people and it's short so I figured someone else
might find it handy.
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#
# Make a new .newsrc in the $HOME directory
#
RCFILE=$HOME/.newsrc
TEMP=/tmp/active$$
if [ -s $RCFILE ]
then
echo "I will not overwrite your $RCFILE, you must remove it!"
exit 0
fi
echo "Creating $RCFILE to be used by news programs, please wait."
cut -f1 -d" " /usr/lib/news/active > $TEMP
if [ -s $TEMP ]
then
cat $TEMP |
while read group
do
echo "$group:" >> $RCFILE
done
fi
rm -f $TEMP
cat /usr/lib/news/rn/newsnews
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