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Mad Max
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----- Original Message -----
From: Rich Greenberg <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, April 01, 2000 4:40 PM
Subject: Re: Search results


> On Apr 1, 11:39am, mad-max wrote:
>
> } I did a search using the following command line:
> }
> } SEARCH * in SCHIZOPH where SUBJECT contains JOEL
> }
> } The search resulted in 19 "hits" and gave a GETPOST of the item # of all
of
> } the "found" messages.
> }
> } I did a "cut and paste" and sent it to the LISTSERV.  The results
returned
> } only about half of the items.  I would like to know the proper format of
the
> } GETPOST so that it will return the output of the GETPOST command in one
> } email message.  The GETPOST results are listed below.
> }
> } GETPOST SCHIZOPH 37966 37968 37979 37985 37995-37996 38028-38029
38031-38032
> } 38061 38064 38092-38093 39004 39008 39026 39694 39935
>
> Listserv saw this as 2 seperate commands,  and didn't know what to do
> with the "command" "38061".
>
> There are 2 ways to fix it.
>
>  1) Use continuation characters.  Here is a bit from the List Owners
>     Manual:
>
> Continuation cards can be used to  split long commands (for instance, ADD
> commands  for  users  with  long   X.500  addresses)  into  two  or more
> 80-character cards.  In that  case you must  insert a  "file://<space>"
string
> before the first line of the command text and a space followed by a comma
> at the end of all but the last  line of the command text so that LISTSERV
> considers  the  multiple   lines  to  be  a  control   card  followed by
> continuation  cards,   and  performs  the  required   concatenation.  For
> instance,
>
> // QUIET ADD MYLIST [log in to unmask]
,
> His Name
>
> or, for instance, for a large GETPOST job,
>
> // GETPOST MYLIST 10769-10770 10772 11079 11086 11095 11099-11100 11104 ,
> 11111 11115 11118 11121 11124 11131 11144 11147 11153 11158 11166 11168
>
> 2) Split the command into 2 commands.  Using your example:
>
> GETPOST SCHIZOPH 37966 37968 37979 37985 37995-37996 38028-38029
38031-38032
> GETPOST SCHIZOPH 38061 38064 38092-38093 39004 39008 39026 39694 39935