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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/nntplib.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/nntplib.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/nntplib.py b/Lib/nntplib.py index fde339a..d5786e2 100644 --- a/Lib/nntplib.py +++ b/Lib/nntplib.py @@ -571,14 +571,19 @@ class _NNTPBase: cmd = 'NEWNEWS {0} {1} {2}'.format(group, date_str, time_str) return self._longcmdstring(cmd, file) - def list(self, *, file=None): - """Process a LIST command. Argument: + def list(self, group_pattern=None, *, file=None): + """Process a LIST or LIST ACTIVE command. Arguments: + - group_pattern: a pattern indicating which groups to query - file: Filename string or file object to store the result in Returns: - resp: server response if successful - list: list of (group, last, first, flag) (strings) """ - resp, lines = self._longcmdstring('LIST', file) + if group_pattern is not None: + command = 'LIST ACTIVE ' + group_pattern + else: + command = 'LIST' + resp, lines = self._longcmdstring(command, file) return resp, self._grouplist(lines) def _getdescriptions(self, group_pattern, return_all): |