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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/man8/get-news.8 b/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/get-news.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..38255ce6 --- /dev/null +++ b/upstream/debian-unstable/man8/get-news.8 @@ -0,0 +1,138 @@ +.\" $Revision: 2.0 $ +.TH GET-NEWS 8 +.SH NAME +get-news - Debian Suck front end +.SH SYNOPSIS +.I get-news +[ +.BI +sitename +] +[ +.BI \-h +] +[ +.BI \-outgoingfile +filename +] +[ +.BI \-userid +userid +] +[ +.BI \-password +password +] +[ +.BI \-noauth +] +[ +.BI \-port +port +] +[ +.BI \-server +sitename +] +[ +.BI \-q +] +[ +.BI \-getonly +] +[ +.BI \-postonly +] +[ +.BI \-timestamp +] +[ +.BI \-verbose +] + +sitename + +The name of the site get-news should connect. If this parameter is +specified, it will be used for multiple purposes, setting: + + \- the DNS name of the NNTP host which get-news will connect to +download and upload articles + + \- the suffix for some configuration files get-news will use +(sucknewsrc, active-ignore, suckkillfile) + + \- the news feed name (name of the file in /var/spool/news/outgoing +which contain list of the articles to be send) + +For example, running the command get-news news.provider.site +causes the script to contact news.provider.site, send messages listed +in /var/spool/news/outgoing/news.provider.site (according to the feed +of this name defined in /etc/news/newsfeeds) and use +/etc/suck/sucknewsrc.news.provider.site as list of newsgroups, +/etc/suck/suckkillfile.news.provider.site as killfile and (in case -A +or -AL is specified in get-news.conf) suit newsgroup list to +/etc/suck/active-ignore.news.provider.site. + +When the sitename parameter is missing (like when get-news is run +without parameters), get-news uses parameters from get-news.conf +(remoteserver to specify the host, outgoingfile to specify the feed) +and no-suffix configuration files (sucknewsrc, active-ignore, +suckkillfile). + +\-outgoingfile filename + +This option tells get-news to use an alternate remote server outgoing +articles filename, instead of the default, the remote server name. + +\-userid userid + +\-password password + +These two options let you specify a userid and password, if your NNTP server +requires them. + +\-noauth + +This option tells get-news to not send userid and password, +even if they are specified in /etc/suck/get-news.conf. + +\-port port + +This option let you specify a port number, if your NNTP server has +a non standard one. + +\-server sitename + +This option tells get-news to use sitename as your local NNTP server, +instead of the default, localhost. + +\-q + +Be quiet. +Do not display the BPS and article count messages during download. +Multiple \-q's makes get\-news shut up + +\-getonly + +Only get new news, don't post anything outgoing. + +\-postonly + +Only post outgoing news, don't get anything. + +\-timestamp +Add timestamps to the get-news.log and verbose output. + +\-verbose +Give more messages about what get-news is doing. Specified multiple times, +debugging output is enabled. + +.SH GET-NEWS.CONF +.PP +Suck looks for a file +.I get-news.conf +in /etc/suck to initialize some defaults and set some options that are not +available on the command line. + +.SH "SEE ALSO" +suck(1), testhost(1), rpost(1), lpost(1). |