42. Recently I haven’t been able to get a full
channel list for the UNDERNET. Whats wrong?
Some of the UNDERNET servers have upgraded their server code which
contains a new mechanism for listing channels. The simplest solution to
listing all channels is to type the following command:
/verbose LIST }1
The new mechanism has several options that will help reduce server
strain, so use some of the options when possible to reduce the amount of
information the server has to send you.
{max_users | Show all channels with less than max_users. |
}min_users | Show all channels with more than min_users. |
C{max_minutes | Channels that exist less than max_minutes. |
C}max_minutes | Channels that exist more than max_minutes. |
T{max_minutes | Channels with a topic last set less than
max_minutes ago. |
T}max_minutes | Channels with a topic last set more than
min_minutes ago. |
Example: LIST {3,}1,C{10,T}0 ; 2 users, younger then 10 min.,
topic set.
The next version of PIRCH should have an internal mechanism to detect
this new server code and make filtering channels easier.
NOTE: For the above list parameters, use the "greater than"
or "less than" symbols in replacement to the { } symbols. These were used
for emphasis.
Last modified: March 23, 1997