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GETLIST(1)
NAME
  getlist - get a list from an NNTP server

SYNOPSIS
  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,
  <pathetc in inn.conf>/distributions.	or <pathdb in inn.conf>/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.

  If the list parameter is active, then the pattern and types parameters may
  be used to limit the output.	When pattern is used, only active lines with
  groups that match according to wildmat(3) are printed.  When types is also
  given, only active lines that have a fourth field starting with a character
  found in types are printed.

  For example, the following command will obtain the one-line descriptions of
  all newsgroups found on UUNET:
       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.

HISTORY
  Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> for InterNetNews.

SEE ALSO
  active(5), inn.conf(5), nnrpd(8), wildmat(3).

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