.TH snnewgroup.v0.3.8 8 "Harold Tay" "N.B." \" -*- nroff -*-
.SH NAME
snnewgroup \- create a new sn newsgroup
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B snnewgroup
.I newsgroup
.RI [ server ]
.RI [ port ]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B snnewgroup
creates
.I newsgroup
assigning it an upstream NNTP server
of
.IR server : port .
If
.I port
is not specified, defaults to 119.  If
.I server
is also not specified,
.I newsgroup
is created as a local group which is fed only by articles POSTed
to it.

You will need to be root or own /var/spool/sn in order to add new groups.

.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 FILES CREATED
.TP
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup
Directory where articles will be stored.

.TP
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup / .created
Empty file for the newsgroup creation time.

.TP
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup / .serial
Where
.B snget
gets its idea of the new starting serial number for
.I newsgroup
on server
.IR server : port .
The value is initialized to 0.

.TP
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup / .outgoing
If
.I server
is specified, is a symlink to
.BR
.RI /var/spool/sn/.outgoing/ server : port ,
which is a directory, created if it does not already exist.
If
.I server
is not specified, no file
.RI /var/spool/sn/ newsgroup /.outgoing
will be created.  See also
.BR snsend .

.SH SEE ALSO
sndelgroup, snsend