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    From Internetado@internetado@alt119.net to news.software.nntp on Sun Jun 15 01:36:57 2025
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    Hello,

    Is there a command to delete an entire hierarchy?

    Let's say - microsoft.* ?

    Thank you,

    Eduardo.
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  • From Urs =?UTF-8?Q?Jan=C3=9Fen?=@urs@buil.tin.org to news.software.nntp on Mon Jun 16 05:12:14 2025
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    In Internetado <internetado@alt119.net> wrote:
    Is there a command to delete an entire hierarchy?
    Let's say - microsoft.* ?

    I'd use (untested!)
    #v+
    source innshellvars
    awk -F ' ' '/^microsoft\./{print "ctlinnd rmgroup "$1}' < $ACTIVE > inspect.me # less inspect.me
    mod-active inspect.me
    #v-
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.software.nntp on Wed Jun 18 06:00:07 2025
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    Internetado <internetado@alt119.net> wrote at 04:36 this Sunday (GMT):
    Hello,

    Is there a command to delete an entire hierarchy?

    Let's say - microsoft.* ?

    Thank you,

    Eduardo.


    Couldn't you just delete the folder from your news spool?
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  • From Ray Banana@rayban@raybanana.net to news.software.nntp on Wed Jun 18 11:45:21 2025
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    Thus spake candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>

    Internetado <internetado@alt119.net> wrote at 04:36 this Sunday (GMT):
    Hello,
    Is there a command to delete an entire hierarchy?
    Let's say - microsoft.* ?
    Thank you,
    Couldn't you just delete the folder from your news spool?

    Yes, he could, but that would not remove the entire hierarchy, it
    would just remove all articles in that particluar hierarchy from
    the server plus it would cause strange error messages.

    (Please read about "active", "history" and "overview").
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  • From candycanearter07@candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid to news.software.nntp on Wed Jun 18 19:10:05 2025
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    Ray Banana <rayban@raybanana.net> wrote at 09:45 this Wednesday (GMT):
    Thus spake candycanearter07 <candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid>

    Internetado <internetado@alt119.net> wrote at 04:36 this Sunday (GMT):
    Hello,
    Is there a command to delete an entire hierarchy?
    Let's say - microsoft.* ?
    Thank you,
    Couldn't you just delete the folder from your news spool?

    Yes, he could, but that would not remove the entire hierarchy, it
    would just remove all articles in that particluar hierarchy from
    the server plus it would cause strange error messages.

    (Please read about "active", "history" and "overview").


    Fair enough...
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