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| author | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
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| committer | Jacob McDonnell <jacob@jacobmcdonnell.com> | 2026-04-25 21:07:28 -0400 |
| commit | 711594636704defae873be1a355a292505585afd (patch) | |
| tree | 59ee13f863830d8beba6cfd02bbe813dd486c26f /static/v10/man5/newsrc.5 | |
| parent | 3258a063c1f189d7b019e40e525b46bef9b9a7b1 (diff) | |
docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man5/newsrc.5 b/static/v10/man5/newsrc.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7e126f0b --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man5/newsrc.5 @@ -0,0 +1,50 @@ +.TH NEWSRC 5 +.SH NAME +newsrc \- information file for readnews(1) and checknews(1) +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.I .newsrc +file contains the list of previously read articles and an optional +options line for +.IR readnews(1) " and " checknews(1). +Each newsgroup that articles +have been read from has a line of the form: +.LP +.I newsgroup: range +.LP +The +.I range +is a list of the articles read. It is basically a list of no.'s +separated by commas with sequential no.'s collapsed with hyphens. +For instance: +.LP +.B general: 1-78,80,85-90 +.br +.B fa.info-cpm: 1-7 +.br +.B net.news: 1 +.br +.B fa.info-vax! 1-5 +.br +.LP +If the : is replaced with an ! (as in info-vax above) the newsgroup +is not subscribed to and will not be shown to the user. +.LP +An options line starts with the word +.B options +(left-justified). Then there are the list of options just as they +would be on the command line. For instance: +.LP +.B "options \-n all !fa.sf-lovers !fa.human-nets \-r" +.br +.B "options \-c \-r" +.LP +A string of lines beginning with a space or tab after the initial options +line will be considered continuation lines. +.SH FILES +.TP 25 +~/.newsrc +options and list of previously read articles +.SH SEE ALSO +readnews(1), +checknews(1) |
