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diff --git a/static/v10/man7/readnews.7 b/static/v10/man7/readnews.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..502a2804 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/v10/man7/readnews.7 @@ -0,0 +1,400 @@ +.TH READNEWS 7 alice,research +.CT 1 comm_users +.SH NAME +checknews, readnews \- read netnews articles +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B readnews +[ +.B -a +.I date +] +[ +.B -n +.I newsgroup ... +] +[ +.B -t +.I title ... +] +[ +.B -lprxhfuM +] +[ +.B -c +[ +.I command +] +] +.PP +.B readnews -s +.PP +.B checknews +[ +.B ynqve +] [ +.I readnews-options +] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.I Readnews +prints unread articles that have arrived +via the informal, worldwide `netnews' network. +Without arguments it prints unread articles from +newsgroups to which you subscribe. +The options are: +.TF -adate +.TP +.B -M +An interface to +.IR Mail (A). +A +.IR mail (1)-like +interface. +.TP +.BI -c " command +Articles are written to a temporary `mailbox' and the +.I command +(e.g. +.LR "mail -f %" ) is +invoked, with the mailbox in place of +.LR % . +A missing +.I command +gets something like +.IR mail (1). +.TP +.B -p +Articles are sent to the standard output, no questions +asked. +.TP +.B -l +Titles only. +The file +.F .newsrc +will not be updated. +.TP +.B -r +Print articles in reverse order. +.TP +.B -f +No followup articles. +.TP +.B -h +Printed in a briefer format. +.TP +.B -u +Update file +.F .newsrc +every 5 minutes. +.TP +.BI -n " newsgroup ... +Select articles that belong to +.I newsgroups. +.TP +.BI -t " titles +Select articles whose titles contain one of the +.I title +strings. +.TP +.BI -a " date +Select articles that were posted since +.IR date ; +a missing +.I date +means the beginning of time. +.TP +.B -x +Ignore +.FR .newsrc ; +select previously read as well as +unread articles. +.TP +.B -s +Print subscription list. +.PD +.PP +The file +.FR $HOME/.newsrc , +or a file specified +by environment variable +.BR NEWSRC , +tells what topics you are interested in and +what you have read. +If +.F .newsrc +contains a line starting with options (left +justified, continued by trailing +.LR \e ), +or if the environment +variable +.B NEWSOPTS +is present, options are taken from there +as well as the command line. +In case of conflict, an option +on the command line take precedence, followed by +.F .newsrc +and finally +.BR NEWSOPTS . +.PP +.I Readnews +invokes some other programs to perform services. +To reply to a news item it uses +.IR mail (1) +or an alternate in environment parameter +.BR MAILER . +It paginates +with +.IR p (1), +or an alternate in +.BR PAGER . +.BR PAGER +is a +command, perhaps containing +.L % +as in option +.BR -c , +or empty for no pagination. +.PP +The default and +.IR mail +interfaces support the following commands, +and prompt with common alternatives: a newline +accepts the first one. +For example, +.L [ynq] +proposes +yes, no, and quit; newline gets yes. +.TP +.B y +Yes. +Print current article and go on to next. +.PD0 +.TP +.B n +No. +Skip the current article. +(In +.I mail +interface, it means +.BR y .) +.TP +.B q +Quit; update +.FR .newsrc . +.TP +.B c +Cancel the article. +Only the author or the super-user +can do this. +.TP +.B r +Reply. +Reply to article's author via mail. +You are placed in +.IR mail , +or an alternate in +environment parameter +.BR EDITOR , +with a header constructed from the article. +You may change or add headers. +Add your reply after the blank line. +Upon exit the message is mailed. +.TP +.B rd +Reply directly. +You are placed in +.B MAILER +.RI ( mail +by default). +Type the text of the reply and then control-D. +.TP +.BI f " title +Submit a followup article. +If you omit the +title, +.I readnews +generates an appropriate one. +You will be placed in your +.B EDITOR +to compose the followup. +.TP +.B fd +Follow up directly. +This is like +.BR f , +but does not construct headers. +.TP +.BI N " newsgroup +Go to the named +.IR newsgroup , +or the next newsgroup if none is named +.TP +.BI s " file +Save. +Append the article to +.I file. +The default is +.FR Articles . +If +.I file +is not a full pathname, it is taken +relative to +.BR HOME , +overridden by environment parameter +.BR NEWSBOX . +If the first character of +.I file +is +.LR | , +the rest is taken as the name of a program, into which the +article is piped. +.TP +.B # +Report the name and size of the newsgroup. +.TP +.B e +Erase. +Forget that this article was read. +.TP +.B h +Print a more verbose header. +.TP +.B H +Print a very verbose, complete header. +.TP +.B U +Unsubscribe from this newsgroup and go on to the next. +.TP +.B d +Read a digest. +Presents a digest as separate articles. +.TP +.BI D " number +Decrypt a Caesar cipher (usually used to +obscure off-color material in +.LR net.jokes ). +The rotation is normally determined line-by-line from character +frequencies. +If this fails, an explicit +.I number +(usually 13) may be given. +.TP +.B v +Print the current version of the news software. +.TP +.B ! +Shell escape. +.TP +.I number +Go to article +.I number. +.TP +.if t .BI \(+- n +.if n +-n +Skip +.I n +articles, 1 by default. +The articles skipped +are recorded as `unread'. +.TP +.B - +Go back to last article. +This is a toggle, typing it +twice returns you to the original article. +.TP +.B x +Exit. +Like +.B q +except that +.F .newsrc +is not updated. +.TP +.BI X " system +Transmit article to the named system. +.PD +.PP +A +.L - +following +.BR c , +.BR f , +.BR fd , +.BR r , +.BR rd , +.BR e , +.BR h , +.BR H , +or +.BR s +refers to the previous article: +.LR "r -" +is the normal way to reply to a just-read article +when the next one is being offered. +.PP +.I Checknews +reports whether there is news present, with +options: +.TP +.B y +Report only if news is present (default). +.PD0 +.TP +.B n +Report only if news is absent. +.TP +.B q +Turn off reports; nonzero exit status indicates news. +.TP +.B v +Show the name of the first newsgroup containing unread news. +.TP +.B vv +Explain any claim of new news, useful if checknews and +readnews disagree. +.TP +.B e +Execute +.I readnews +if there is news. +.SH EXAMPLES +.TP +.L +readnews +Read all unread articles. +.TP +.L +readnews -n net.langs.c -a last thursday +Print every unread article about C since last Thursday. +.TP +.L +readnews -p >/dev/null & +Discard all unread news: +useful after returning from a long trip. +.TP +.L +readnews -c "ed %" -l +Invoke +.IR ed (1) +on a file containing the titles of all +unread articles. +.SH FILES +.TF /usr/spool/news/newsgroup/number +.TP +.BI /usr/spool/news/ newsgroup / number +News articles +.TP +.F /usr/lib/news/active +Active newsgroups and numbers of articles +.TP +.F /usr/lib/news/help +Help file for default interface +.TP +.F $HOME/.newsrc +.SH SEE ALSO +.IR postnews (7), +.IR Mail (A) +.SH BUGS +.I Readnews +is baroque; many users prefer to browse among +the files in +.FR /usr/spool/news . |
