Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Checkgroups message Message-ID: <9770@gatech.EDU> Date: Fri, 16-Jan-87 00:15:57 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.9770 Posted: Fri Jan 16 00:15:57 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Jan-87 00:23:59 EST Expires: Fri, 30-Jan-87 00:15:54 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 276 Xref: mnetor news.groups:176 news.admin:120 : 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. A version of this message is posted on the : 1st and 16th of every month with a distribution of "na". : What follows is a shell script to run such a message at your site in case : you don't get the posted version. : : 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 : 16 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)