kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) (03/12/90)
There is a lot of bandwidth in the comp.os.minix newsgroup. I have an IBM compatible machine, so I am not interested in the postings for the Atari ST or the 68xxx machines. Therefore, I set up a KILL file like this: /Subject:.*inix ST/h:j /Subject:.*ST 1\.5/h:j /Subject:.*1\.5.*ST/h:j /Subject:.*68/h:j I found a few problems; namely that the rn program isn't case sensitive when doing searches from the KILL file. For example, the line /Subject:.*1\.5.*ST/h:j killed files with the following subject lines: 1.5.5 upgrade question 1.5.5 postings This was not the desired action that I was looking for. Is there any way to make the search case sensitive? Thanks for your help; it helps to make the comp.os.minix newsgroup usable. I don't have enough time to read all of the messages otherwise. I hope that this may help others who have the same problem that I do with this newsgroup. (I'm not complaining.) Sorry to add to the bandwidth for those who are offended by this posting. Ken Hendrickson N8DGN kjh@usc.edu ...!uunet!usc!pollux!kjh
lwall@jpl-devvax.JPL.NASA.GOV (Larry Wall) (03/13/90)
In article <23420@usc.edu> kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) writes:
: Is there any way to make the search case sensitive? Thanks for your
: help; it helps to make the comp.os.minix newsgroup usable.
Typing 'h' on your article I read
/pattern/modifiers
Scan forward for article containing pattern in the subject line.
(Use ?pat? to scan backwards; append h to scan headers, a to scan
entire articles, r to scan read articles, c to make case sensitive.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
At the shell, I type "man rn", then "/sensitive" and read
/pattern/c
Make search case sensitive. Ordinarily upper and
lower case are considered the same.
: I don't have enough time to read all of the messages otherwise.
I'm tempted to make a catty remark at this point.
Larry Wall
lwall@jpl-devvax.jpl.nasa.govjik@athena.mit.edu (Jonathan I. Kamens) (03/12/91)
In article <23420@usc.edu>, kjh@pollux.usc.edu (Kenneth J. Hendrickson) writes: |> Date: Mon, 12 Mar 1990 09:14:42 GMT Is this a software error in creating the Date field, or is this message really from a year ago? |> Is there any way to make the search case sensitive? Thanks for your |> help; it helps to make the comp.os.minix newsgroup usable. I don't have |> enough time to read all of the messages otherwise. The rn man page answers your question; it's usually a good idea to check the man page for a program before asking a question about that program on the network. From rn(1): /pattern/c Make search case sensitive. Ordinarily upper and lower case are considered the same. For example: /Subject:.*inix ST/hc:j |> I hope that this may help others who have the same problem that I do |> with this newsgroup. (I'm not complaining.) Sorry to add to the |> bandwidth for those who are offended by this posting. This message would have been more appropriate in news.newusers.questions than in either comp.unix.wizards or comp.os.minix. It doesn't belong in the former because it isn't a Unix question, and it doesn't belong in the latter because it isn't a minix question. It's a news question. Then again, if this article really is a year old, news.newusers questions didn't exist, so this wasn't an option :-). -- Jonathan Kamens USnail: MIT Project Athena 11 Ashford Terrace jik@Athena.MIT.EDU Allston, MA 02134 Office: 617-253-8085 Home: 617-782-0710