Aeiss.122
net.news.b
utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ARPAVAX:mhtsa!ihnss!npois!eiss!jtb
Mon Dec 21 13:06:54 1981
easy newsgroup deletion
With all the proliferation of newsgroups, and their subsequent deletion,
I found it useful to write the following shell, which I call "ngdel":

	cd $NEWSDIR
	{
	for i
	do
		rm -r $i .$i
		echo "!$i">>ngfile
		echo "/$i/d"
	done
	echo w
	} | ed - active

It does three things: 1) removes the subdirectory (and the "dot" file),
2) disallows new entries for that newsgroup in the ngfile,
and 3) updates the active file. ... for each newsgroup named on the
command line.

Additionally, it COULD: 4) append a ",!$i" to the local system's entry
in the sys file, and 5) send a local news item announcing the deletion.
I decided not to do those extras for my site (yet).

	John Burgess