Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 16:19:23 -0800
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Subject: "LISTSERV REFCARD"
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> Subject: File: "LISTSERV REFCARD"
>
> LISTSERV(R) System Reference Library, release 1.8c
> --------------------------------------------------
> Copyright L-Soft international, 1986-1996
>
> Last update: 13 Aug 1996
>
> ************************************************************
> * *
> * LISTSERV command reference cards: *
> * *
> *-> LISTSERV REFCARD: General user commands *
> * LISTOWNR REFCARD: List and file management commands *
> * LISTMAST REFCARD: Commands for the LISTSERV administrat*
> * *
> ************************************************************
>
> 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
> ANONYMOUS -> Subscribe anonymously
>
> 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
> Mail/NOMail -> Toggle receipt of mail
> MIME/NOMIME -> Prefer/avoid MIME format
> (especially MIME
> digests)
> 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" (normal) mail
> headers
> IETFhdr -> Internet-style headers
> SHORThdr or SHORT822 -> Short headers
> DUALhdr -> Dual headers, useful
> with PC
> or Mac mail programs
> SUBJecthdr -> Normal header with list
> name
> in subject line
>
> CONFIRM listname1 <listname2 <...>> Confirm your subscription
> (when LISTSERV requests it)
>
> Other list-related commands
> ---------------------------
> GETPOST listname ref1 <ref2 <...>> Order individual messages
> from
> list archives
>
> 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 /xyz -> All known lists 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
>
> SEArch listname word1 <word2 <...>> Search list archives
> or: word1 <word2 <...>> IN listname
> FROM date1 -> From this date
> TODAY -> From today
> TODAY-7 -> In the last 7 days
> TO date2 -> To this date
> WHERE
> SUBJECT CONTAINS xxxx -> Only this subject
> AND/OR
> SENDER CONTAINS xxxx -> Only this author
> Complex boolean operations
> are
> supported, see database
> guide
>
> STats listname <(options> Get statistics about a list
> (VM)
> 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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