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Title "GETLIST 1" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
way too many mistakes in technical documents.
getlist - Get a list from an NNTP server Header "SYNOPSIS" \fBgetlist [-AR] [-h host] [-p port] [list [pattern [types]]] Header "DESCRIPTION" \fBgetlist obtains a list from an \s-1NNTP\s0 server and sends it to standard output. list may be one of \*(C`active\*(C' (which is the default value), \f(CW\*(C`active.times\*(C', \*(C`distrib.pats\*(C', or \*(C`newsgroups\*(C'. \*(C`active\*(C' contains a list of all newsgroups carried by the server with the high and low article numbers in the group, and the group status field. \*(C`active.times\*(C' is a list of newsgroups, their creation times (in seconds since epoch), and the creator of the group. \*(C`distrib.pats\*(C' is a list of relevant distributions and the newsgroups they apply to. \*(C`newsgroups\*(C' is a list of newsgroups along with their short descriptions.

For more information on the formats of these files, see active\|(5), \fBactive.times\|(5), distrib.pats\|(5) and newsgroups\|(5).

The listing files other than the active file are common extensions to the \s-1NNTP\s0 protocol and may not be available on all servers. For instance, \*(C`counts\*(C' \f(CW\*(C`distributions\*(C', \*(C`headers\*(C', \*(C`moderators\*(C', \*(C`motd\*(C', \*(C`overview.fmt\*(C' and \f(CW\*(C`subscriptions\*(C', amongst other, may be available. Moreover, a uwildmat\|(3) pattern pattern may also be usable for some of these listing files.

For more information on the formats of these files, see distributions\|(5), \fBmoderators\|(5), motd.news\|(5) and subscriptions\|(5). The overview fields obtained with \*(C`overview.fmt\*(C' are the ones for which the overview database is consistent (see extraoverviewadvertised in inn.conf for more information). The list obtained with \*(C`headers\*(C' contains the fields that can be retrieved using the \s-1HDR\s0 command (pattern can then be either \*(C`msgid\*(C' or \*(C`range\*(C'). The list obtained with \*(C`counts\*(C' is like the \*(C`active\*(C' one except that the number of articles in a newsgroup is mentioned just before the flag of this newsgroup.

The pattern parameter may be used with a list value of \*(C`active\*(C', \f(CW\*(C`active.times\*(C' or \*(C`newsgroups\*(C' to limit the output. If given, only entries corresponding to newsgroups that match the uwildmat\|(3) pattern \fIpattern will be printed.

If the list parameter is \*(C`active\*(C', a third parameter, types, may also be used to restrict the list. If given, only entries corresponding to newsgroups with a newsgroup mode found in types will be printed. For example, a types value of \*(C`y\*(C' would only show unmoderated groups, and a types value of \*(C`ym\*(C' would show all unmoderated and moderated groups but not aliased groups or groups that disallow postings.

Header "OPTIONS" Item "-A" Try to authenticate using the username and password information in \fBpasswd.nntp\|(5) before issuing the \s-1LIST\s0 command. Item "-h host" Connect to the server host rather than to the value of server in \fIinn.conf or the value of the \s-1NNTPSERVER\s0 environment variable. Item "-p port" Connect to the port port, which is by default 119. Item "-R" Try to switch to nnrpd with a \s-1MODE READER\s0 command before issuing the \s-1LIST\s0 request. It can be useful in case a feeding access exists for the news server: more information can be retrieved from nnrpd, compared with innd. Header "EXAMPLES" The following command will obtain the one-line descriptions of all newsgroups found on \s-1UUNET:\s0

.Vb 1 getlist -h news.uu.net newsgroups .Ve

The following command will show the active file entries for all moderated comp.* groups on the default server:

.Vb 1 getlist active \*(Aqcomp.*\*(Aq m .Ve

The following command lists all groups where local postings are permitted, are moderated or aliased:

.Vb 1 getlist active \*(Aq*\*(Aq ym= .Ve

Note that the wildcard character \*(C`*\*(C' has to be quoted by simple quotes to protect it from the shell.

Header "HISTORY" Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> for InterNetNews. Rewritten in \s-1POD\s0 by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org>.

\f(CW$Id: getlist.pod 9767 2014-12-07 21:13:43Z iulius $

Header "SEE ALSO" \fBactive\|(5), active.times\|(5), distrib.pats\|(5), distributions\|(5), inn.conf\|(5), \fBmoderators\|(5), motd.news\|(5), newsgroups\|(5), nnrpd\|(8), passwd.nntp\|(5), \fBsubscriptions\|(5), uwildmat\|(3).