#!/bin/sh # : newsetup.SH,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:43:05 lwall Exp $ # # : newsetup.SH,v $ # Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:43:05 lwall # Baseline for release with 4.3bsd. # export PATH || (echo "OOPS, this isn't sh. Desperation time. I will feed myself to sh."; sh $0; kill $$) : syntax: newsetup : System dependencies : You will want to change the definitions below to reflect the distribution : areas around you. If you have more areas than this you will need to modify : the sed below. locorg="local" organization="ucb" city="ba" state="ca" cntry="usa" cont="na" active="/tmp/active.$$" dotdir="${DOTDIR-${HOME-$LOGDIR}}" rm -f $dotdir/.oldnewsrc echo "Creating .newsrc in $dotdir to be used by news programs." /usr/local/lib/rn/getactive $active : NOTE: SED WILL NOT TAKE MORE THAN 10 WFILES, SO BEWARE sort <$active | sed >/tmp/n.tmp$$ \ -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) .*$/\1:/' \ -e '/^control:/{' \ -e " w /tmp/n.test$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e '/^junk:/{' \ -e " w /tmp/n.test$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e '/test:/{' \ -e " w /tmp/n.test$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^net\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.net$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^mod\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.mod$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^$locorg\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.$locorg$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^$organization\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.$organization$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^$city\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.$city$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^$state\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.$state$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^fa\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.fa$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' sed /tmp/n.local$$ \ -e "/^$cntry\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.$cntry$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^$cont\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.$cont$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/^to\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.to$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' \ -e "/\./{" \ -e " w /tmp/n.misc$$" \ -e ' d' \ -e '}' if /bin/test -s $dotdir/.newsrc ; then echo "Saving your current .newsrc as .oldnewsrc..." mv -f $dotdir/.newsrc $dotdir/.oldnewsrc fi : newsrc order determined here cat \ /tmp/n.local$$ \ /tmp/n.$locorg$$ \ /tmp/n.$organization$$ \ /tmp/n.$city$$ \ /tmp/n.$state$$ \ /tmp/n.$cntry$$ \ /tmp/n.$cont$$ \ /tmp/n.mod$$ \ /tmp/n.net$$ \ /tmp/n.fa$$ \ /tmp/n.misc$$ \ /tmp/n.test$$ \ | uniq >$dotdir/.newsrc rm -f /tmp/n.to$$ \ /tmp/n.tmp$$ \ /tmp/n.local$$ \ /tmp/n.$locorg$$ \ /tmp/n.$organization$$ \ /tmp/n.$city$$ \ /tmp/n.$state$$ \ /tmp/n.$cntry$$ \ /tmp/n.$cont$$ \ /tmp/n.mod$$ \ /tmp/n.net$$ \ /tmp/n.fa$$ \ /tmp/n.misc$$ \ /tmp/n.test$$ \ /tmp/active.$$ cat <<'EOH' Done. If you have never used the news system before, you may find the articles in net.announce.newuser to be helpful. There is also a manual entry for rn. To get rid of newsgroups you aren't interested in, use the 'u' command. Type h for help at any time while running rn. EOH