Re: How do I reset my read .newsrc list?

On Tue, Sep 16, 2003 at 04:09:51PM -0700, Phillip Pi wrote:
> I know ctrl-r will reset unmarked groups, but what about the whole list of 
> subscribed newsgroups? I am using Tin v1.6.2.

CTRL-R should rest all subscribed groups in your newsrc; depending on
the connection and the number of groups in your newsrc it might be
(much) faster to use something like:

mawk -F':' '/: /{print$1": 1-"}{print$l}' < ~/.newsrc > ~/.newsrc.x \
&& mv -f ~/.newsrc.x ~/.newsrc

urs
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