Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!ll-xn!mit-eddie!husc6!linus!gatech!usenet From: usenet@gatech.EDU Newsgroups: news.groups,news.admin Subject: Checkgroups message Message-ID: <13771@gatech.EDU> Date: Mon, 16-Mar-87 08:46:11 EST Article-I.D.: gatech.13771 Posted: Mon Mar 16 08:46:11 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 17-Mar-87 01:42:58 EST Expires: Mon, 30-Mar-87 08:46:10 EST Sender: news@gatech.EDU Lines: 282 Xref: mnetor news.groups:506 news.admin:260 : 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 : 16 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)