1NNTPSEND(8) System Manager's Manual NNTPSEND(8)
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6 nntpsend - send Usenet articles to remote site
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9 nntpsend [ -a ] [ -c ] [ -D ] [ -d ] [ -l ] [ -N ] [ -n ] [ -P portnum
10 ] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -S ] [ -s size ] [ -T timelimit ] [ -t timeout ] [ -w
11 delay ] [ sitename fqdn ] ...
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14 Nntpsend is a front-end that invokes innxmit(1) to send Usenet articles
15 to a remote NNTP site.
16 The sites to be fed may be specified by giving sitename fqdn pairs on
18 the command line. If no such pairs are given, nntpsend defaults to the
19 information given in the nntpsend.ctl config file.
20 The sitename should be the name of the site as specified in the news‐
22 feeds(5) file. The fqdn should be the hostname or IP address of the
23 remote site.
24 An innxmit is launched for sites with queued news. All innxmit pro‐
26 cesses are spawned in the background and the script waits for them all
27 to finish before returning. Output is sent to the file
28 <pathlog in inn.conf>/nntpsend.log. In order to keep from overwhelming
29 the local system, nntpsend waits five seconds before spawning each
30 child.
31 Nntpsend expects that the batchfile for a site is named <pathoutgo‐
33 ing in inn.conf>/sitename. To prevent batchfile corruption, shlock(1)
34 is used to ``lock'' these files.
35 When sitename fqdn pairs are given on the command line, any flags given
37 on the command completely describe how innxmit and shrinkfile operate.
38 When no such pairs are given on the command line, then the information
39 found in nntpsend.ctl becomes the default flags for that site. Any
40 flags given on the command line override the default flags for the
41 site.
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44 -d -D The ``-d'' flag causes nntpsend to send output to stdout rather
45 than the log file <pathlog in inn.conf>/nntpsend.log. The
46 ``-D'' flag does the same and it passes ``-d'' to all innxmit
47 invocations, which in turn causes innxmit to go into debug mode.
48 -n If the ``-n'' flag is used, then nntpsend does not use shlock(1)
50 and does not lock batch files.
51 -s size
53 If the ``-s'' flag is used, then shrinkfile(1) will be invoked
54 to perform a head truncation on the batchfile and the flag will
55 be passed to it.
56 -w delay
58 If the ``-w'' flag is used, then nntpsend waits for delay sec‐
59 onds after flushing the site before launching innxmit.
60 -a -c -l -N -P -p -r -S -T -t
62 The ``-a'', ``-c'', ``-l'', ``-P'', ``-p'', ``-r'', ``-S'',
63 ``-T'' and ``-t'' flags are passed on to the child innxmit pro‐
64 gram. The ``-N'' flag is passed as ``-s'' flag to the child
65 innxmit program. See innxmit(8) for more details. Note that if
66 the ``-p'' flag is used then no connection is made and no arti‐
67 cles are fed to the remote site. It is useful to have cron(8)
68 invoke nntpsend with this flag in case a site cannot be reached
69 for an extended period of time.
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72 With the following nntpsend.ctl(5) control file:
73 nsavax:erehwon.nsavax.gov::-S -t60
75 group70:group70.org::
76 walldrug:walldrug.com:4m-1m:-T1800 -t300
77 kremvax:kremvax.cis:2m:
78 The command:
80 nntpsend
82 will result in the following:
84 Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags
86 nsavax (none) -a -S -t60
87 group70 (none) -a -t180
88 walldrug 1m if >4m -a -T1800 -t300
89 kremvax 2m -a -t180
90 The command:
92 nntpsend -d -T1200
94 will result in the following:
96 Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags
98 nsavax (none) -a -d -S -T1200 -t60
99 group70 (none) -a -d -T1200 -t180
100 walldrug 1m if >4m -a -d -T1200 -t300
101 kremvax 2m -a -d -T1200 -t180
102 The command:
104 nntpsend -s 5m -T1200 nsavax erehwon.nsavax.gov group70
106 group70.org
107 will result in the following:
109 Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags
111 nsavax 5m -a -T1200 -t180
112 group70 5m -a -T1200 -t180
113 Remember that ``-a'' is always given, and ``-t'' defaults to 180.
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117 Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz
118 <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is revision 5909, dated
119 2002-12-03.
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122 inn.conf(5), innxmit(1), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend.ctl(5), shrinkfile(1).
123 NNTPSEND(8)