Laura Toms <[log in to unmask]> writes:
> we need to move hundreds  of files from LISTPROC to  LISTSERV and we need
> to be able to group them, and do indexes.  I can't figure  out how to get
> any files to show up in *any* indexes, let alone group them by associated
> list, or by a particular topic.
 
If your files are the equivalent of  notebooks, just name  them in the same
format as LISTSERV notebook files ( listname.log?????  ), put them into the
same  directory  your list's  LISTSERV-created notebook files  go, and they
will show up in the output of an INDEX LISTNAME command.  If you want to do
fancier indexes, or do  things  that are  named  in  some way besides   the
logfile format, you  have  a problem with  the  current file  system.   But
considering that the search functions are  now running in the LISTSERV 1.8c
betas, maybe the advanced file server functions aren't  as far off any more
either ...
 
> There are files called filelists but I cannot figure out how they work.
 
There are no filelists  under the 1.8b  Unix LISTSERV filesystem ... that's
why they don't work :-)
 
> We need to  be able to set  up different archives, groups,  libraries, or
> whatever you'd like to call them, and then be able to query the available
> lists via the index command.  How do I do this?????
 
Make a fake list used  for nothing but accessing  that collection of files,
and name all the files listname.log?????
 
Sorry if you already had  an answer to this ...  I'm  behind on some of  my
mail.
--
  Norm
 
"Enfiels couple slain;  Police suspect homicide"