Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!sri-unix!hplabs!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Checkgroups message Message-ID: <8752@gatech.EDU> Date: Thu, 1-Jan-87 00:15:14 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.8752 Posted: Thu Jan 1 00:15:14 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 1-Jan-87 19:09:44 EST Expires: Thu, 15-Jan-87 00:15:12 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 272 Xref: mnetor news.groups:104 news.admin:104 : News software at revisions 2.10.2 and beyond has the capability of : automatically comparing the active file against a centrally-maintained : list of active groups. Until a majority of network sites upgrade their : news to a version compatible with the "checkgroups" control message, : site administrators will have to run the message by hand. What follows : is a shell script to run such a message at your site. If your "inews" : program does not reside in /usr/lib/news/inews, change the variable : declaration given below, or else enter the pathname at the prompt. : : Gene Spafford : 1 January 1987 : --------------- cut here and run the rest through "sh" --------------- INEWS=${INEWS-/usr/lib/news/inews} DISTRIBUTION=${DISTRIBUTION-local} if test ! -f $INEWS; then echo -n "Enter the pathname of the inews program: " INEWS=`(read foo;echo $foo)