1updatenews(8) System Manager's Manual updatenews(8)
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6 updatenews - post articles from outgoing spool directory and prefetch
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10 updatenews [ -h ] [ -v ] [ -a ] [ -g ] [ -o ] [ -l ] [ -w # ]
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13 Updatenews submits all those articles that have been stored within
14 NewsCache's outgoing-queue. If necessary the ActiveDB will be updated
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20 These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long
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24 -h, --help
25 Show summary of options.
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31 Force the prefetch the active data base. Updatenews first invalā
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35 Prefetch whole newsgroups.
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41 Always lock the newsgroup while prefetching it. This improves
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46 Use # workers for prefetching. Each worker is assigned its own
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62 1997-2000 Thomas Gschwind <tom@infosys.tuwien.ac.at>
63 2001-2004 Herbert Straub <h.straub@aon.at>
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71 NewsCache is released under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
72 There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A
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