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6 mknf, rmnf - create and delete notesfiles
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9 mknf [ -aon ] topic [ ... ]
10 rmnf [ -f ] topic [ ... ]
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14 Mknf and rmnf create and delete notesfiles respectively. The same
15 parameters apply for each: the `topic' is the name that the notesfile
16 is known by.
17 As mknf processes its arguments, creating new notesfiles, the name of
19 each new notesfile is echoed to the terminal. The new notesfiles are
20 closed and the notesfile owner is made the sole director. He customar‐
21 ily turns control over to the user requesting the notesfile by making
22 that person a director.
23 The -aon options apply to mknf only. They signify that the notesfiles
25 created are to permit anonymous notes, be open, and be networked
26 respectively.
27 If the file `/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template' is present,
29 it contains a list of access-rights which are added to the created
30 notesfile. The file contains lines of access-rights similar to those
31 used in the nfaccess(8) command. In environments with dynamic creation
32 of notesfiles, such as on USENET nodes, one or more users can automati‐
33 cally be made directors of all new notesfiles. If appropriate, they
34 can be removed from the access list of newly created notesfiles as
35 needed.
36 Rmnf asks for verification of each notesfile before deleting it. The
38 notesfile is deleted if the response line begins with a `y'. If
39 invoked with the -f option, rmnf does not ask for verification before
40 deleting the notesfiles.
41 Only the notesfile owner is allowed to run mknf and rmnf.
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45 Rmnf doesn't understand about absolute pathnames for notesfiles. It
46 refuses to remove notesfiles specified by absolute pathnames.
47 Any user should be allowed to create private notesfiles in directories
49 where he has permission.
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52 /usr/spool/notes/.utilities where these programs live.
53 /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template
54 Default access-list.
55 /usr/spool/notes Default notesfile directory.
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58 nfaccess(8), nfxmit(8), notes(1),
59 The Notesfile Reference Manual
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62 Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
63 Department of Computer Science
64 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
65 Urbana, IL
66 Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
68 CONVEX Computer Corporation
69 Richardson, TX
70 University of Illinois MKNF(8)