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LISTSERV(TM) System Reference Library, release 1.8b
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Copyright L-Soft international, 1986-1995
Last update: May 24th, 1995
************************************************************
* *
* LISTSERV command reference cards: *
* *
*-> LISTSERV REFCARD: General user commands *
* LISTOWNR REFCARD: List and file management commands *
* LISTMAST REFCARD: Commands for the LISTSERV maintainer *
* *
************************************************************
Commands are listed in alphabetical order, with the minimum acceptable
abbreviation in capital letters. Angle brackets are used to indicate
optional parameters. All commands which return a file accept an optional
'F=fformat' keyword (without the quotes) that lets you select the format
in which you want the file sent; the default format is normally
appropriate in all cases. Some esoteric, historical or seldom-used
commands and options have been omitted.
List subscription commands (from most to least important)
---------------------------------------------------------
SUBscribe listname <full_name> Subscribe to a list, or change
your name if already subscribed
SIGNOFF Remove yourself:
listname - From the specified list
* - From all lists on that server
* (NETWIDE - From all lists in the network
SET listname options Alter your subscription options:
ACK/NOACK/MSGack -> Acknowledgements for postings
CONCEAL/NOCONCEAL -> Hide yourself from REVIEW
Files/NOFiles -> Toggle receipt of non-mail
files from the list
Mail/NOMail -> Toggle receipt of mail
DIGests/INDex/NODIGests/NOINDex -> Ask for digests or message
indexes rather than getting
messages as they are posted
REPro/NOREPro -> Copy of your own postings?
TOPICS: ALL -> Select topics you are
<+/->topicname subscribed to (add/remove
one or replace entire list)
Options for mail headers of incoming postings (choose one):
FULLhdr or FULL822 -> "Full" mail headers
IETFhdr -> Internet-style headers
SHORThdr or SHORT822 -> Short (default) headers
DUALhdr -> Dual headers, useful with PC
or Mac mail programs
CONFIRM listname1 <listname2 <...>> Confirm your subscription
(when LISTSERV requests it)
Other list-related commands
---------------------------
INDex listname Sends a directory of available
archive files for the list, if
postings are archived
Lists <option> Send a list of lists as follow:
(no option) -> Local lists only, one line
per list
Detailed -> Local lists, full information
returned in a file
Global -> All known lists, one line per
list, sent as a (large!) file
Global /xyz -> Only those whose name or
title contains 'xyz'
SUMmary <host> -> Membership summary for all
lists on specified host
SUMmary ALL -> For all hosts (long output,
send request via mail!)
SUMmary TOTAL -> Just the total for all hosts
Query listname Query your subscription options
for a particular list (use the
SET command to change them)
* -> Query all lists you are
subscribed to on that server
REGister full_name Tell your name to LISTSERV, so
that you don't have to specify
it on subsequent SUBSCRIBE's
OFF Make LISTSERV forget your name
REView listname <(options> Get information about a list
BY sort_field -> Sort list in a certain order:
Country by country of origin
Name by name (last, then first)
NODEid by hostname/nodeid
Userid by userid
BY (field1 field2) -> You can specify more than one
sort field if enclosed in
parentheses: BY (NODE NAME)
Countries -> Synonym of BY COUNTRY
LOCal -> Don't forward request to
peers
Msg -> Send reply via interactive
messages (BITNET users only)
NOHeader -> Don't send list header
Short -> Don't list subscribers
SCAN listname text Scan a list's membership for a
name or address
STats listname <(options> Get statistics about a list
LOCal -> Don't forward to peers
Informational commands
----------------------
Help Obtain a list of commands
Info <topic> Order a LISTSERV manual, or get
<listname> a list of available ones (if no
topic was specified); or get
information about a list
Query File fn ft <filelist> <(options> Get date/time of last update of
a file, and GET/PUT file access
code
FLags -> Get additional technical
data (useful when reporting
problems to experts)
RELEASE Find out who maintains the
server and the version of the
software and network data files
SHOW <function> Display information as follows:
ALIAS node1 <node2 <...>> -> BITNET nodeid to Internet
hostname mapping
BITEARN (VM only) -> Statistics about the BITEARN
NODES file
DISTribute -> Statistics about DISTRIBUTE
DPATHs host1 <host2 <...>> -> DISTRIBUTE path from that
server to specified host(s)
DPATHs * -> Full DISTRIBUTE path tree
FIXes (VM only) -> List of fixes installed on the
server (non-VM see LICENSE)
HARDWare or HW -> Hardware information
LICense -> License/capacity information
and software build date
LINKs node1 <node2 <...>> -> Network links at the BITNET
node(s) in question
NADs node1 <node2 <...>> -> Addresses LISTSERV recognizes
as node administrators
NETwork (VM only) -> Statistics about the NJE
network
NODEntry node1 <node2 <...>> -> BITEARN NODES entry for the
specified node(s)
NODEntry node1 /abc*/xyz -> Just the ':xyz.' tag and all
tags whose name starts with
'abc'
PATHs snode node1 <node2 <...>> -> BITNET path between 'snode'
and the specified node(s)
POINTs <ALL | list1 list2...> -> Graduated license point
information for planning
STATs -> Usage statistics
(default option)
VERSion -> Same as RELEASE command
(no function) -> Same as SHOW STATS
Commands related to file server functions
-----------------------------------------
AFD Automatic File Distribution
ADD fn ft <filelist <prolog>> Add file or generic entry to
your AFD list
DELete fn ft <filelist> Delete file(s) from your AFD
list (wildcards are supported)
List Displays your AFD list
For node administrators:
FOR user ADD/DEL/LIST etc Perform requested function on
behalf of a user you have
control over (wildcards are
supported for DEL and LIST)
FUI File Update Information: same
syntax as AFD, except that FUI
ADD accepts no 'prolog text'
GET fn ft <filelist> <(options> Order the specified file or
package
PROLOGtext xxxx -> Specify a 'prolog text' to be
inserted on top of the file
GIVE fn ft <filelist> <TO> user Sends a file to someone else
INDex <filelist> Same as GET xxxx FILELIST
(default is LISTSERV FILELIST)
PW function Define/change a "personal
password" for protecting AFD/FUI
subcriptions, authenticating PUT
commands, and so on
ADD firstpw -> Define a password for the
first time
CHange newpw <PW=oldpw> -> Change password
RESET -> Reset (delete) password
SENDme Same as GET
Other (advanced) commands
-------------------------
DATAbase function Access LISTSERV database:
Search DD=ddname <ECHO=NO> -> Perform database search
(see INFO DATABASE for more
information on this)
List -> Get a list of databases
available from that server
REFRESH dbname -> Refresh database index, if
suitably privileged
DBase Same as DATABASE
DISTribute <type> <source> <dest> <options> Distribute a file or a mail
message to a list of users (see
INFO DIST for more details on
the syntax)
Type:
MAIL -> Data is a mail message, and
recipients are defined
by '<dest>'
FILE -> Data is not mail, recipients
are defined by '<dest>'
RFC822 -> Data is mail and recipients
are defined by the RFC822
'To:'/'cc:' fields
Source:
DD=ddname -> Name of DDname holding the
data to distribute (default:
'DD=DATA')
Dest:
<TO> user1 <user2 <...>> -> List of recipients
<TO> DD=ddname -> One recipient per line
Options for the general user:
ACK=NOne/MAIL/MSG -> Acknowledgement level
(default: ACK=NONE)
CANON=YES -> 'TO' list in 'canonical' form
(uid1 host1 uid2 host2...)
DEBUG=YES -> Do not actually perform the
distribution; returns debug
path information
INFORM=MAIL -> Send file delivery message to
recipients via mail
TRACE=YES -> Same as DEBUG=YES, but file
is actually distributed
Options requiring privileges:
FROM=user -> File originator
FROM=DD=ddname -> One line: 'address name'
FOR user command Execute a command on behalf of
another user (for node
administrators)
SERVE user Restore service to a disabled
user
THANKs Check the server is alive
UDD Access the User Directory
Database (there are 18 functions
and many sub-functions, so the
syntax is not given here)
Syntax of parameters
--------------------
filelist = 1 to 8 characters from the following set: A-Z 0-9 $#@+-_:
fformat = Netdata, Card, Disk, Punch, LPunch, UUencode, XXencode, VMSdump,
MIME/text, MIME/Appl, Mail
fn = same syntax as 'filelist'
ft = same syntax as 'filelist'
full_name = firstname <middle_initial> surname (*not* your e-mail address)
host = Internet hostname
listname = name of an existing list
node = BITNET nodeid or Internet hostname of a BITNET machine which
has taken care of supplying a ':internet.' tag in its BITEARN
NODES entry
pw = A password with characters from the set: A-Z 0-9 $#@_-?!|%
user = Any valid Internet address not longer than 80 characters; if
omitted, the 'hostname' part defaults to that of the command
originator
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