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From: munnari!csc.anu.oz.au!gih900@UUNET.UU.NET (Geoff Huston)
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: RE: NEWS create command,how about /NOINQUIRE ?
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Date: 7 Aug 89 21:49:37 GMT
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Reply-To: Geoff Huston 
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Marc Elsen writes --
     
>   I would like to know if the following NEWS command can be used WITHOUT
>   the /inquire flag :
>
>   NEWS> create newsgroup */server=SERVERNAME/protocol=decnet/inquire
>
>   When one removes the /inquire flag from the above command news
>   returns with :
>   'Newsgroup : * (NEWS.SYS Filter rejects news groupname)'     !   ???
     
     
The /INQUIRE name is used to flag the action of requesting the named server to
supply a list of all newsgroups, and the local system then requests the user if
the newsgroup should be created -
     
perhaps the answer is to use a different verb for an automatic "catch-up" of a
client system to a particular server -- UPDATE springs to mind, but it is
already used - how about:
     
   UPDATE/CLIENT  [/SERVER=node] [/PROTOCOL=protocol]
     
which would create all newsgroups currently held on the server which are not
already defined on the client system??
     
     
>   p.s: Another suggestion for improvement : It would be nice if Ctrl-W (screen
>        refresh) also redefined the previously loaded  keypad definitions.
>        Very handy if one is switching between terminal server sessions for
>        example.
     
I'm a bit wary of this one - C-W is meant to be fast, and a reload of the
keydefs would start slowing things down a bit... opinions?
     
Geoff Huston