.TH sndelgroup,v0.3.8 8 "Harold Tay" "N.B." \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
sndelgroup \- delete an existing sn newsgroup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B sndelgroup
.IR newsgroup ...
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B sndelgroup
deletes the specified newsgroups; i.e. everything under
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup
after removing the article ID entries in the sn database.
Do not use the shell command
.br
rm -rf
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup
.br
because that will leave unreclaimed garbage in the database.

You will need to own /var/spool/sn  in order to do this.

.SH FILES MODIFIED
/var/spool/sn/{.chain,.newsgroup}, newsgroup directory and contents,
/var/spool/sn/.ougtoing/news.server.name:port

.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
.B SNROOT
If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of
.BR /var/spool/sn ,
the default news spool directory.

.SH SEE ALSO
snnewgroup