NAME¶
nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server
SYNOPSIS¶
nntpget [
-d dist ] [
-f file ] [
-n newsgroups ] [
-t timestring ] [
-o ] [
-u file ] [
-v ]
host
DESCRIPTION¶
Nntpget connects to the NNTP server at the specified
host and
retrieves articles from it. The Message-ID's of the desired articles are read
from standard input. The articles are sent to standard output.
OPTIONS¶
- -o
- The ``-o'' option may be used only if the command is
executed on the host where the innd(8) server is running. If this
option is used, nntpget connects to the specified remote
host to retrieve articles. Any article not present in the local
history database is then fetched from the remote site and offered
to the local server.
- -v
- If the ``-v'' option is used with the ``-o''
option then the Message-ID of each article will be sent to standard output
as it is processed.
- -f
- The list of article Message-ID's is normally read from
standard input. If the `` -f'' option is used, then a ``newnews''
command is used to retrieve all articles newer then the modification date
of the specified file.
- -u
- The ``-u'' option is like ``-f'' except that
if the transfer succeedes, the file will be updated with a statistics
line, modifying its timestamp so that it can be used in later
invocations.
- -t
- If the ``-t'' option is used, then the specified
timestring is used as the time and date parameter to the
``newnews'' command.
- -n
- If either the ``-u'' or ``-f'' options are
used, then the `` -n'' option may be used to specify a newsgroup
list. The default is ``*''.
- -d
- The ``-d'' option may be used to specify a
distribution list when using the `` -u'' or `` -f'' options.
The default is no distribution list.
HISTORY¶
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is
revision 5909, dated 2002-12-03.
SEE ALSO¶
innd(8).