Creating groups from template group

[Rance Hall]

Hey all:

 

I ran this command:

 

gam loop ~/lists.csv gam create group ~~group~~ copyfrom te...@groups.esu10.org

 

My test group had some specific settings I was hoping would be copied into all the new groups, and they were NOT.

 

Now I need to try to script a bunch of changes to the newly created groups.

 

 

I now need to:

 

1. Script an initial list of admins to help with a migration away from an existing list server
2. Turn on external users
3. Set the default sender to the group address
4. Set the default reply to the group address
5. Set misc privacy settings (who can post, etc)

 

 

Thoughts?

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Rance Hall

ESU10 Network Services

rance...@esu10.org

308-698-1919

 

 

[James SEYMOUR]

Hi Rance,

Have you tried to use the copyfrom in an update command? Something like below? I have changed the loop to csv as I am not sure how loop affects things and you should only need a single ~ in the variable ~group.

gam csv ~/lists.csv gam update group ~group copyfrom te...@groups.esu10.org

James

[Rance Hall]

James:

 

I did eventually get it to work, the “problem” was that the template group had been deleted and recreated, so it didn’t have the settings I was expecting.

 

I updated it, then did the command with an update and it worked.

 

The difference between “gam csv” and “gam loop” is in the documentation and refers to the difference between parallel and serial processing of the csv file.  In some cases, the serial processing option “loop” is “safer” as it slows things down and api limits don’t get exceeded.

 

Secondly, some Linux and Mac shells (zfs, etc) give meaning to a single ~ so the ~~variable~~ format was introduced to get around this issue.

 

Rance

 

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Rance Hall

ESU10 Network Services

rance...@esu10.org

308-698-1919

 

 

 

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[James SEYMOUR]

Hi Rance,

Thanks for the confirmation about 'loop'. It's the first time I have come across this option and worth knowing. And I had only ever seen ~~ used in queries, but good to know it can be used outside if the OS is giving issues. Cheers.

James