SYSNET@cc.nu.oz (David Morrison) (12/02/89)
I have just been trying to get a detailed list of all the newsgroups here (using NEWS 5.8A). In theory, all I need to do is SHOW ENTRY * But it always paginates the output, even when news is in NOSCREEN mode. I did not want to sit there typing return after each newsgroup's display, so I though that I would do it in a command file, with lots of returns after teh SHOW ENTRY command. But the output consists only of the first 8 (?) characters of each line. Is there a better way? (Why I want the list is to find any newsgroups that have been made /LOCAL when a rmgroup has been received. I have occasionally forgotten to delete these groups and thought it was about time I cleaned them up.) -- David Morrison, Network Manager, Uni of Newcastle, Australia Try sysnet@cc.nu.oz.au or sysnet@cc.nu.oz (mail only) or (VAX PSI) psi%newcastle.edu.au::sysnet or psi%0505249626002::sysnet Phone: +61 49 680401
gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston) (12/08/89)
>I have just been trying to get a detailed list of all the newsgroups here >(using NEWS 5.8A). In theory, all I need to do is > SHOW ENTRY * > >But it always paginates the output, even when news is in NOSCREEN mode. I did >not want to sit there typing return after each newsgroup's display, so I >though that I would do it in a command file, with lots of returns after teh >SHOW ENTRY command. But the output consists only of the first 8 (?) >characters of each line. > >Is there a better way? > >(Why I want the list is to find any newsgroups that have been made /LOCAL when >a rmgroup has been received. I have occasionally forgotten to delete these >groups and thought it was about time I cleaned them up.) a) run a 5.9 version b) dir/class=$local Geoff Huston
sysnet@cc.nu.oz (02/03/90)
A few weeks ago, I wrote: >>(Why I want the list is to find any newsgroups that have been made /LOCAL when >>a rmgroup has been received. I have occasionally forgotten to delete these >>groups and thought it was about time I cleaned them up.) Geoff Replied: > a) run a 5.9 version > > b) dir/class=$local Wonderful. I have not used classes before. However, there is now a slight problem. Previously, DIR/ALL showed all newsgroups. Now it does not appear to do anything if issued immediately after a DIR/CLASS=$LOCAL. To get the previous behaviour, you have to do DIR/CLASS=* Is this intentional? -- David Morrison, Network Manager, Uni of Newcastle, Australia Try sysnet@cc.nu.oz.au or sysnet@cc.nu.oz (mail only) or (VAX PSI) psi%newcastle.edu.au::sysnet or psi%0505249626002::sysnet Phone: +61 49 680401
sysnet@cc.nu.oz (02/03/90)
A few weeks ago, I wrote: >>(Why I want the list is to find any newsgroups that have been made /LOCAL when >>a rmgroup has been received. I have occasionally forgotten to delete these >>groups and thought it was about time I cleaned them up.) Geoff replied: > a) run a 5.9 version > > b) dir/class=$local Wonderful. I have not used classes before. However, there is now a slight problem. Previously, DIR/ALL showed all newsgroups. Now it does not appear to do anything if issued immediately after a DIR/CLASS=$LOCAL. To get the previous behaviour, you have to do DIR/CLASS=* Is this intentional? -- David Morrison, Network Manager, Uni of Newcastle, Australia Try sysnet@cc.nu.oz.au or sysnet@cc.nu.oz (mail only) or (VAX PSI) psi%newcastle.edu.au::sysnet or psi%0505249626002::sysnet Phone: +61 49 680401
gih900@CSC1.ANU.OZ.AU (Geoff Huston) (02/07/90)
>However, there is now a slight problem. Previously, DIR/ALL showed all >newsgroups. Now it does not appear to do anything if issued immediately after >a DIR/CLASS=$LOCAL. To get the previous behaviour, you have to do DIR/CLASS=* > >Is this intentional? yep - by setting a class of newsgroups, the class remains active until reset to the * class (the default class). btw you can also say dir/class=comp. or dir/class=comp.os. or any other newsgroup heirarchy prefix with a trailing "." to select the appropriate group of newsgroups. Geoff