1OVERVIEW.FMT(5) File Formats Manual OVERVIEW.FMT(5)
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6 overview.fmt - format of news overview database
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9 The file <pathetc in inn.conf>/overview.fmt specifies the organization
10 of the news overview database. Blank lines and lines beginning with a
11 number sign (``#'') are ignored. The order of lines in this file is
12 important; it determines the order in which the fields will appear in
13 the database.
14 Most lines will consist of an article header name, optionally followed
16 by a colon. A trailing set of lines can have the word ``full'' appear
17 after the colon; this indicates that the header should appear as well
18 as its value.
19 If this file is changed, new overview records will be constructed with
21 the modified format. If it is desired that existing records be updated
22 to the new format, it is necessary to rebuild the overview database
23 using makehistory(8) after removing all existing overview files.
24 ``Xref:full'' must be included, or innd(8) and other programs which
26 utilize overview method cannot start.
27 The default file, show below, is compatible with Geoff Collyer's
29 ``nov'' package:
30 Subject:
32 From:
33 Date:
34 Message-ID:
35 References:
36 Bytes:
37 Lines:
38 Xref:full
39 Usually the only modifications which should be made to the default file
41 are additions of new fields to the end of the file; all such fields
42 should have ``full'' after the colon. The first eight fields should
43 remain in the same order as above.
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46 Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Intended
47 to be compatible with the nov package written by Geoff Collyer
48 <geoff@world.std.com>. This is revision 5909, dated 2002-12-03.
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51 inn.conf(5)
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