From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

Hi folks,

i've migrated the INN2 server recently to another host.
A Python script recreating the visible group hierarhy appeared.

Free to use and improve.


#!/bin/python3
import nntplib
import os

ctlinnd = '/usr/lib/news/bin/ctlinnd'
ng_opt = "y"

nntp_source = nntplib.NNTP('source.news.server')
nntp_target = nntplib.NNTP('target.news.server')

source_groups = list()
target_groups = list()
res_groups = list()

try:
s_ng = nntp_source.list()
except nntplib.NNTPTemporaryError:
pass

try:
t_ng = nntp_target.list()
except nntplib.NNTPTemporaryError:
print('Something wrong with this yougurt')

for ng in t_ng[1]:
if ng.group not in target_groups:
target_groups.append(ng.group)

for ng in s_ng[1]:
if ng.group not in target_groups:
res_groups.append(ng.group)
print(F"Appending TARGET: {ng.group}")

if len(res_groups) > 0:
for ng in res_groups:
res = F"sudo {ctlinnd} newgroup {ng} {ng_opt}"
print(F"Executing '{res}'")
os.system(res)
else:
print("\n\tNothing to do. Everything is already in sync.")
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ejs
news://news.rkm.lt

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From Newsgroup: news.software.nntp

Hi ejs,

i've migrated the INN2 server recently to another host.
A Python script recreating the visible group hierarhy appeared.

if len(res_groups) > 0:
-a for ng in res_groups:
-a-a-a res = F"sudo {ctlinnd} newgroup {ng} {ng_opt}"
-a-a-a print(F"Executing '{res}'")
-a-a-a os.system(res)
else:
-a print("\n\tNothing to do. Everything is already in sync.")

Thanks for sharing your Python script!

FWIW, INN comes with a program called actsync which can also perform
such a synchronization between two news servers. See the examples
section at:
https://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/software/inn/docs/actsync.html
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Julien |eLIE

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