On Tue, 30 Aug 1994 11:02:54 EST "Lawrence E. Rondot"
<[log in to unmask]> said:
 
>What I want to do is GET the subscription file, and change all of the
>subscriptions from "MAIL" to "DIGEST" (Eric's this time) and drop any
>subscribers that are set to "NOMAIL".
>
>How do I go  about changing the subscription options? Do  I need to lock
>the  list and  send out  "FOR UserId@Node  SHOW WOODWEEK"  and trap  the
>output so  I can add  them to WOODWORK with  the correct options?  Or is
>there a simple way of doing all of this?
 
PIPE < XYZ LIST A | NFIND *| NFIND _| NLOCATE 82.1 /m/ |
SPECS 1-81 1 /D/ N 83-* N | >> ABC LIST A
 
Stop LISTSERV before doing that, and of course try it with a temp
file before :-)
 
  Eric