Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watnot!watmath!clyde!cbatt!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.UUCP Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Checkgroups message Message-ID: <13042@gatech.EDU> Date: Sun, 1-Mar-87 00:15:53 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.13042 Posted: Sun Mar 1 00:15:53 1987 Date-Received: Mon, 2-Mar-87 03:46:33 EST Expires: Sun, 15-Mar-87 00:15:51 EST Sender: spaf@gatech.EDU Lines: 280 Xref: utgpu news.groups:452 news.admin:170 : 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 March 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)