Use this command to add, delete, and modify newsgroups. The following table lists the parameters you can use with the rgroup Visual Basic command.
| Parameter | Description |
| -t operation, in which operation is one of the following arguments: |
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| f | Finds a group in the metabase. |
| a | Adds a group to the metabase. |
| d | Deletes a group. |
| g | Gets information about a group from the metabase. |
| s | Sets information about a group. |
| l | Loads groups from active file. |
| -s server | The server affected by this change. |
| -v virtual server id | The NNTP virtual server ID. |
| -c creation date | The date the group was created. |
| -g group | The name of the group. The wildcard character (*) can be used during searches (Rgroup.vbs –t f is used to find a group. Add as much of the name as you can, and then substitute the wildcard for all other characters.). |
| -n number of results | The maximum number of newsgroups returned for a search when Rgroup.vbs –t f is used to perform the search. |
| -m moderator | The moderator's full e-mail address. |
| -a filename | Adds the multiple newsgroups listed in the file to the metabase. |
| -d description | The description of the group. |
| -p description | Provides the response to the list prettynames command. |
| -r true | false | Read-only. |
| -u true | false | Indicates whether to moderate the newsgroup with the default moderator. |
The following examples show how command scripts are used. When Windows Script Host is running, you can type any of the command scripts shown here on the command line.
| Command script | Function |
Rgroup.vbs -t f -g alt.* |
Returns all newsgroups beginning with alt. |
Rgroup.vbs -t d -g my.old.group |
Deletes the newsgroup my.old.group. |
Rgroup.vbs -t a -g my.new.group |
Adds the newsgroup my.new.group. |
Rgroup.vbs -t s -g my.old.group -p GreatGroup |
Sets the newsgroup pretty name description for my.old.group to GreatGroup and sets the moderator's address to moderator@nwtraders.microsoft.com. |