- exists_newsgroup_data
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Returns true of the newsgroup file for the active server is present.
- load_main_list -> load_newsgroup_data
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Loads newsgroup data. Assumes the newsgroups data file exists.
If there are subscribed groups, then only display those (defer loading of the possibly HUGE newsgroups list for when the user really wants it)
- remove IDX <IDX>
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Removes article data for a newsgroup. This article data is fully removed - no trace will exist afterwards.
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Removes a newsgroup from the groups_list and filtered lists.
- all_newsgroups
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Display the entire list of newsgroups.
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Cleaning a group clears out any articles that have been purged from the news server.
!!! Do not purge and sync a newsgroup at the same time, you'll probably lose some information !!!
- subscribed
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Shows all subscribed newsgroups.
- last_update_date NEWSGROUP
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Returns the date of last update for NEWSGROUP:
- articles_available NEWSGROUP
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Returns the approximate articles available for NEWSGROUP.
This subroutine is pretty ugly - it takes a lot of steps to determine this number.
- get_newsgroups_with_article_data
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Returns a list of newsgroups that have header/article information. Basically looks in the right directory and returns a list of the files there... basically.
- read_newsgroup
- filter
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Filter all newsgroups using a regular expression.
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