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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/man7/postnews.7 | |
| parent | 3258a063c1f189d7b019e40e525b46bef9b9a7b1 (diff) | |
docs: Added UNIX V10 Manuals
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diff --git a/static/v10/man7/postnews.7 b/static/v10/man7/postnews.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dcf85d71 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man7/postnews.7 @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +.TH POSTNEWS 7 alice +.CT 1 comm_users +.SH NAME +postnews \(mi submit netnews articles +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B postnews +[ +.I file +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Postnews +submits the +.I file +as a +.IR readnews (7) +article. +It prompts for title, +primary newsgroup, and other newsgroup distribution. +Good manners decree an informative title and accurate, minimal, +distribution. +.PP +The names of newsgroups are relative pathnames +of directories depending from +.FR /usr/spool/news , +with slashes +replaced by dots. +.PP +If no file is specified, +.I postnews +invokes an editor specified by the environment variable +.B EDITOR +(default +.LR vi ). +The editor's buffer is initialized with header information, +which may be changed. +The text of the article may be appended. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR readnews (7) +.br +BSD manual for more sophisticated uses, +such as posting news from a program. +.SH BUGS +The editor default is distinctly nonclassical. |