Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbatt!cbosgd!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Checkgroups message Message-ID: <7926@gatech.EDU> Date: Tue, 16-Dec-86 00:15:15 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.7926 Posted: Tue Dec 16 00:15:15 1986 Date-Received: Wed, 17-Dec-86 19:38:58 EST Expires: Tue, 30-Dec-86 00:15:13 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 272 Xref: mnetor news.groups:80 news.admin:71 : 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 : 16 December 1986 : --------------- 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)