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author | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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committer | Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org> | 2024-04-15 19:43:11 +0000 |
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Adding upstream version 4.22.0.upstream/4.22.0
Signed-off-by: Daniel Baumann <daniel.baumann@progress-linux.org>
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diff --git a/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/testhost.1 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/testhost.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2b583c85 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man1/testhost.1 @@ -0,0 +1,165 @@ +.\" $Revision: 3.10.0 $ +.TH TESTHOST 1 +.SH NAME +testhost - test the status of an NNTP news server +.SH SYNOPSIS +.I testhost +.BI hostname +[ +.BI -a | -n +date time +.BI | -o +] +[ +.BI -M +] +[ +.BI -s | -S +filename +] +[ +.BI -e | -E +filename +] +[ +.BI -N +port_number +] +[ +.BI -U +userid +] +[ +.BI -P +password +] +[ +.BI -Q +] +[ +.BI -l +phrase_file +] +[ +.BI -T +timeout +] +[ +.BI -d +] +[ +.BI -q +] +[ +.BI -z +] + +.SH OPTIONS +-a Get the active list from hostname + +\-d + +This option tells testhost get the descriptions of the newsgroups on the +remote server by sending the 'list newsgroups' command. The remote server +may or may not support this command. + +-e | -E filename + +These options will send all error messages (normally displayed on stderr), to +an alternate file. The lower case version, -e, will send the error messages +to the compiled-in default defined in suck_config.h. The default is suck.errlog. +The upper case version, -E, requires the filename parameter. All error messages +will then be sent to this file. + +\-l phrase_file + +This option tells testhost to load in an alternate phrase file, instead of using +the built-in messages. This allows you to have testhost print phrases in another +language, or to allow you to customize the messages without re-building. +See the "FOREIGN LANGUAGE PHRASES" in suck.1 for more details. + +-n date time + +Get the newgroups created on the host since the date and +time specified. The date must be in YYMMDD format and the time must be in +HHMMSS format. + +-N port_number + +This option will tell testhost to use an alternate NNRP port number when connecting +to the host, instead of the default, 119. + +\-q + +This option tells testhost to not display the connection and announcement messages, +rather only display the results of the actual command run. + +-s | -S filename + +These options will send all status messages (normally displayed on stdout), to +an alternate file. The lower case version, -s, will send the status messages +to the compiled-in default defined in suck_config.h. The default is /dev/null, +so no status messages will be displayed. The upper case version, -S, requires +the filename parameter. All status messages will then be sent to this file. + +\-T + +This option overrides the compiled-in TIMEOUT value. This is how long testhost +waits for data from the remote host before timing out and aborting. + +\-U userid + +\-P password + +These two options let you specify a userid and password, if your NNTP server +requires them. + +\-Q + +This option tells testhost to use the environment variable NNTP_USER & NNTP_PASS +to specify a userid and password, if your NNTP server requires them. This option +is provided so that the userid & password can't be seen with the ps command, a +potential security problem. + +\-z + +This options tells testhost to use SSL to talk to the remote server, if testhost +was compiled with SSL. + +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Testhost +will query a NNTP news server, specified by +.I hostname. + +The hostname may optionally include the port number in the form +.BI Host:Port. If the port number is included, the port number specified +by the -N option will be ignored. + +The default action is to issue the +.I help +command to the server, to see what software it is running +and what commands it accepts. +.PP +If the +.I -a +option is used, testhost will display the server's +active history list. If the +.I -n date time +option is used, testhost will display all new groups created on the server +since the date and time specified. If the +.I -o +option is used, then testhost will display the overview format, which is +what the XOVER command returns. +.PP +If the +.I -M +option is used, the command will be preceded with the "mode reader" command, +which might be needed by some servers. + +.SH EXIT VALUES +0 on success, -1 on failure. +.de R$ +This is revision \\$3, \\$4. +.. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +suck(1), rpost(1), lpost(1). |