1CVTBATCH(8) InterNetNews Documentation CVTBATCH(8)
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6 cvtbatch - Convert Usenet batch files to INN format
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9 cvtbatch [-w items]
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12 cvtbatch reads standard input as a sequence of lines, converts each
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14 batch files that contain just the storage API token of an article to
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17 Each line is taken as a storage API token indicating a Usenet article.
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22 If the input file consists of a series of message-IDs, then use
23 grephistory with the -s flag piped into cvtbatch.
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27 The -w flag specifies how each output line should be written. The
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42 Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Converted
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45 $Id: cvtbatch.pod 8704 2009-11-03 18:51:44Z iulius $
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48 grephistory(1), newsfeeds(5).
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