Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.ARPA (SKY) Newsgroups: comp.sources.wanted,comp.sources.d Subject: Re: Program to make a list of subjects and filenames from news Message-ID: <23383@rochester.ARPA> Date: Mon, 22-Dec-86 17:50:53 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.23383 Posted: Mon Dec 22 17:50:53 1986 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Dec-86 23:29:31 EST References: <344@alette.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 10 Keywords: news, tar, subject Xref: mnetor comp.sources.wanted:201 comp.sources.d:99 I don't know of any way to get the subject from the tape short of reading the tape, but here is a useful tip: mh can be used to read news articles. For example, to scan the directory all you have to say is "scan +/usr/spool/news/...". If you don't like typing in the long pathname, then make a symbolic link to your mail directory. For instance, I have ~/Mail/modsources -> /usr/spool/news/mod/sources. Ken