diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'static/v10/man7/netnews.7')
| -rw-r--r-- | static/v10/man7/netnews.7 | 148 |
1 files changed, 148 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/static/v10/man7/netnews.7 b/static/v10/man7/netnews.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..0fb0d931 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man7/netnews.7 @@ -0,0 +1,148 @@ +.TH NETNEWS 7 "local, not alice" +.CT 1 comm_users inst_info +.SH NAME +netnews \(mi send or receive news articles +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B netnews +[ +.I option ... +] +.PP +.B netnews +.B -s +[ +.I newsgroup ... +] +.PP +.B netnews +.B -i +.I title +[ +.B -n +.I newsgroup ... +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Netnews +is an intercomputer news service. +Used now only locally, it has been replaced by +.IR postnews (7) +and +.IR readnews (7) +for outside connections. +When invoked without options it prints recent articles. +Normally the articles printed are restricted to newsgroups +you have signed up for and are +newer than your last use of +.I netnews. +After each article +a command is read from the standard input: +.TP \w'newline\ 'u +newline +Go on to next article. +.PD 0 +.TP +.B p +Print article again. +.TP +.B - +Go back to previous article. +.TP +.B c +Cancel (restricted to contributor and super-user). +.TP +.BI "w " file +Append a copy of the article to the named +.I file. +.TP +.B r +Reply to author (via mail). +.TP +.B q +Exit. +.TP +.B x +Exit without update. +.PD +.PP +The options are: +.TP \w'newline\ 'u +.B -p +Print with no questions asked. +.TP +.B -r +Print in reverse time order. +.TP +.B -l +Print titles only. +.TP +.BI -a " date" +Print articles received after +.IR date ; +no date means the beginning of time. +.TP +.BI -n " newsgroup ..." +Print articles from named newsgroups. +.TP +.BI -t " string ..." +Print only titles containing one of the +.I strings. +.TP +.BI -s " newsgroup ..." +Subscribe to named newsgroups. +If no +.I newsgroups +are given, +list your current subscriptions. +Newsgroup +.L all +receives all articles; +.L net.all +receives all newsgroups that begin with +.LR net. , +etc. +All users subscribe to the newsgroup +.LR general . +.TP +.B -i +Insert an article +(read from standard input) +with title +.I title +to the newsgroups specified by +.B -n +(default +.LR general ). +.PD +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/spool/news/history +.TP +.F $HOME/.newsrc +user's subscription list +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/sys.nnn +news articles +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.bitfile +bit map of users with news +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.ngfile +list of legal newsgroups +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.uindex +index of netnews users +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.nindex +index of news articles +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.seq +sequence number of last article +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.history +list of all articles ever seen +.TP +.F /usr/spool/news/.sys +system subscription list +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR news (7), +.IR readnews (7), +.IR netnews (5) |
