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From: sysnet@cc.nu.oz
Newsgroups: news.software.anu-news
Subject: Re: RE: Getting a detailed list of newsgroups
Message-ID: <11951.25c9bd8e@cc.nu.oz>
Date: 3 Feb 90 03:04:14 GMT
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Organization: University of Newcastle
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A few weeks ago, I wrote:
>>(Why I want the list is to find any newsgroups that have been made /LOCAL when
>>a rmgroup has been received.  I have occasionally forgotten to delete these
>>groups and thought it was about time I cleaned them up.)

Geoff replied:      
> a) run a 5.9 version
>      
> b) dir/class=$local

Wonderful.  I have not used classes before.

However, there is now a slight problem.  Previously, DIR/ALL showed all 
newsgroups.  Now it does not appear to do anything if issued immediately after 
a DIR/CLASS=$LOCAL.  To get the previous behaviour, you have to do DIR/CLASS=*

Is this intentional?
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