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Subject: Re: RE: Getting a detailed list of newsgroups
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From: munnari!anu.anu.oz.au!gih900@CSC1.ANU.OZ.AU (Geoff Huston)
Date: 7 Feb 90 14:32:19 GMT
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>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?
     
yep - by setting a class of newsgroups, the class remains active until reset to
the * class (the default class).
     
btw you can also say dir/class=comp.  or dir/class=comp.os.   or any other
newsgroup heirarchy prefix with a trailing "." to select the appropriate group
of newsgroups.
     
Geoff