P5-news-newsrc

Jul 20, 2023

Manage newsrc files

NewsNewsrc manages newsrc files, of the style

alt.foo 1-21,28,31-34
alt.bar! 3,5,9-2900,2902

Methods are provided for

  • reading and writing newsrc files
  • adding and removing newsgroups
  • changing the order of newsgroups
  • subscribing and unsubscribing from newsgroups
  • testing whether groups exist and are subscribed
  • marking and unmarking articles
  • testing whether articles are marked
  • returning lists of newsgroups
  • returning lists of articles


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