.\" Title: papercut .\" Author: Jeremy Bobbio .\" Generator: DocBook XSL Stylesheets v1.73.2 .\" Date: October 16, 2005 .\" Manual: .\" Source: .\" .TH "PAPERCUT" "1" "October 16, 2005" "" "" .\" disable hyphenation .nh .\" disable justification (adjust text to left margin only) .ad l .SH "NAME" papercut \- simple and extensible NNTP server .SH "SYNOPSIS" .HP 9 \fBpapercut\fR [[\-f] | [\-\-foreground]] .SH "DESCRIPTION" .PP This manual page documents briefly the \fBpapercut\fR command\&. .PP This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page\&. .PP \fBpapercut\fR is a simple NNTP server\&. Its main objective is to integrate existing web based message board software with an Usenet front\-end\&. .PP However, using Python, new article containers can be added to store and retrieve messages from various source and formats\&. .PP Please note that Papercut is only a NNTP server, not a full\-featured news transport system\&. It does not handle newsfeeding or other usual news software features\&. .SH "OPTIONS" .PP These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (`\-\')\&. A summary of options is included below\&. .PP \fB\-h\fR \fB\-\-help\fR .RS 4 Show summary of options\&. .RE .PP \fB\-\-version\fR .RS 4 Show version of program\&. .RE .PP \fB\-f\fR \fB\-\-foreground\fR .RS 4 Do not fork and run the process in background\&. .RE .SH "AUTHOR" .PP This manual page was written by Jeremy Bobbio for the Debian system (but may be used by others)\&. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation\&. .PP On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common\-licenses/GPL\&. .SH "AUTHOR" .PP \fBJeremy Bobbio\fR .sp -1n .IP "" 4 Author. .SH "COPYRIGHT" Copyright \(co 2005 Jeremy Bobbio .br