1NFTIMESTAMP(8) System Manager's Manual NFTIMESTAMP(8)
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6 nftimestamp - Set Notesfile sequencer timestamps
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9 nftimestamp [ -v ] [ -t ] notesfile [ notesfile ]
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12 The Notesfile system uses timestamps to determine which articles in a
13 notesfile have been read by an individual user. The timestamps are
14 compared with arrival times of the individual articles to determine if
15 a user has seen that article. Nftimestamp provides a simple mechanism
16 for updating many timestamps.
17 In the usual case, nftimestamp is invoked with a list of notesfiles.
19 The invoking user's sequencer timestamps for the specified notesfiles
20 are set to the current time. The -t option allows the user to specify
21 some different time. Notesfiles are specified in the same manner as on
22 the notes command line. Include notesfiles by using their name; the
23 shell wildcard characters (?*[]) are correctly expanded. Exclude
24 notesfiles be prefixing their name with an exclamation mark: !notes‐
25 file. The -f option reads a list of notesfiles to be included and
26 excluded from the specifid file.
27 The Notesfile Administrator can use the -u option to set the sequencer
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30 The seqtoascii and seqtobinary utilities provide the same function as
32 this program. Using those programs, the user must change each time‐
33 stamp manually and then restore the sequencer file. Nftimestamp pro‐
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37 /etc/passwd for the users name
38 /etc/group for the users group
39 /usr/spool/notes the default notesfile data base
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42 notes(1), seqtoascii(1), seqtobinary(1),
43 The Notesfile Reference Manual
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46 Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick@a.cs.uiuc.edu)
47 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
48 Urbana, IL
49 University of Illinois NFTIMESTAMP(8)