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NAME¶
getlist - get a list from an NNTP serverSYNOPSIS¶
getlist [ -h host ] [ list [ pattern [ types ] ] ]DESCRIPTION¶
The getlist program obtains a list from an NNTP server and sends it to standard output. The list may be one of active, active.times, distributions, or newsgroups. These values request the active(5), active.times, /etc/news/distributions, or /var/lib/news/newsgroups files, respectively.OPTIONS¶
- -h
- If the ``-h'' flag is used, then the program connects to the server on the specified host. The default is to connect to the server specified in the inn.conf(5) file.
getlist -h news.uu.net newsgroups
The following line lists all groups where local postings are permitted, are
moderated or aliased:
getlist active '*' ym=
Note that the listing files other than the active file is a common extension to
the NNTP protocol and may not be available on all servers.