1checkgroups(8)              System Manager's Manual             checkgroups(8)
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NAME

6       checkgroups - update group descriptions
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SYNOPSIS

10       checkgroups checkgroupsfile
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DESCRIPTION

14       Leafnode  is a USENET package intended for small sites, where there are
15       few users and little disk space, but where a large number of groups  is
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18       Checkgroups  is  the program which parses checkgroup scripts to include
19       new/updated group descriptions into the active file (which  is  usually
20       /var/spool/news/leaf.node/groupinfo).
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22       Checkgroups sets its real and effective uid to "news".
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OPTIONS

26       checkgroupsfile
27              is  a file which contains the newsgroup name and the description
28              on one line, separated by whitespace.  Checkgroups  scripts  are
29              sometimes  sent out by news administrators (e.g. in the bionet.*
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ENVIRONMENT

34       LN_LOCK_TIMEOUT
35              This variable is parsed as an unsigned integer value and  deter‐
36              mines  how  many  seconds  checkgroups  will wait when trying to
37              obtain the lock file from another leafnode program. 0  means  to
38              wait  indefinitely. This variable takes precedence over the con‐
39              figuration file.
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AUTHOR

43       Written  by  Cornelius  Krasel   <krasel@wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de>.
44       Copyright 1997-1999.
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46       Modified   by   Matthias  Andree  <matthias.andree@gmx.de>.   Copyright
47       2002-2004.
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49       Leafnode was originally written by Arnt Gulbrandsen  <agulbra@troll.no>
50       and  is  copyright 1995-96 Troll Tech AS, Postboks 6133 Etterstad, 0602
51       Oslo, Norway, fax +47 22646949.
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SEE ALSO

55       leafnode(8), texpire(8), RFC 977.
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