Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cuae2!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.UUCP Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Checkgroups message Message-ID: <11054@gatech.EDU> Date: Sun, 1-Feb-87 00:15:56 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.11054 Posted: Sun Feb 1 00:15:56 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 1-Feb-87 16:44:03 EST Expires: Sun, 15-Feb-87 00:15:55 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 276 Xref: watmath news.groups:275 news.admin:124 : 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 do not 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 : 1 February 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)