.TH checkgroups 8 "1.11.11" "leafnode" \" -*- nroff -*- .\" DO NOT EDIT: DO NOT EDIT -- generated automatically by subst .\" .\" Written by Arnt Gulbrandsen and copyright 1995-96 Troll .\" Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602 Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22646949. .\" .\" Use, modification and distribution is allowed without limitation, .\" warranty, or liability of any kind. .\" .\" $Id: checkgroups.8.in,v 1.6 2004/05/07 08:34:15 emma Exp $ .\" .\" hilit19 is stupid: " .SH NAME checkgroups \- update group descriptions .SH SYNOPSIS .B checkgroups .I checkgroupsfile .SH DESCRIPTION .B Leafnode is a USENET package intended for small sites, where there are few users and little disk space, but where a large number of groups is desired. .PP .B Checkgroups is the program which parses checkgroup scripts to include new/updated group descriptions into the active file (which is usually \fB/var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo\fR). .PP .B Checkgroups sets its real and effective uid to "news". .SH OPTIONS .TP .I checkgroupsfile is a file which contains the newsgroup name and the description on one line, separated by whitespace. Checkgroups scripts are sometimes sent out by news administrators (e.g. in the bionet.* hierarchy). .SH ENVIRONMENT .TP .B LN_LOCK_TIMEOUT This variable is parsed as an unsigned integer value and determines how many seconds checkgroups will wait when trying to obtain the lock file from another leafnode program. 0 means to wait indefinitely. This variable takes precedence over the configuration file. .SH AUTHOR Written by Cornelius Krasel . Copyright 1997\~\[en]\~1999. .PP Modified by Matthias Andree . Copyright 2002\~\[en]\~2004. .PP Leafnode was originally written by Arnt Gulbrandsen and is copyright 1995\~\[en]\~1996 Troll Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602 Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22646949. .SH SEE ALSO .BR leafnode (8), .BR texpire (8), .BR "RFC 977".