1NNTPGET(1)                  General Commands Manual                 NNTPGET(1)
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NAME

6       nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server
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SYNOPSIS

9       nntpget  [  -d dist ] [ -f file ] [ -n newsgroups ] [ -t timestring ] [
10       -o ] [ -u file ] [ -v ] host
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DESCRIPTION

13       Nntpget connects to the NNTP server at the specified host and retrieves
14       articles  from  it.  The  Message-ID's of the desired articles are read
15       from standard input. The articles are sent to standard output.
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OPTIONS

18       -o     The ``-o'' option may be used only if the command is executed on
19              the host where the innd(8) server is running.  If this option is
20              used, nntpget connects to the specified remote host to  retrieve
21              articles.  Any article not present in the local history database
22              is then fetched from the remote site and offered  to  the  local
23              server.
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25       -v     If  the  ``-v''  option  is used with the ``-o'' option then the
26              Message-ID of each article will be sent to standard output as it
27              is processed.
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29       -f     The  list of article Message-ID's is normally read from standard
30              input.  If the ``-f'' option is used, then a ``newnews'' command
31              is  used  to  retrieve  all articles newer then the modification
32              date of the specified file.
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34       -u     The ``-u'' option is like ``-f'' except  that  if  the  transfer
35              succeeds, the file will be updated with a statistics line, modi‐
36              fying its timestamp so that it can be used in later invocations.
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38       -t     If the ``-t'' option is used, then the specified  timestring  is
39              used as the time and date parameter to the ``newnews'' command.
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41       -n     If either the ``-u'' or ``-f'' options are used, then the ``-n''
42              option may be used to specify a newsgroup list. The  default  is
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45       -d     The  ``-d''  option  may  be used to specify a distribution list
46              when using the ``-u'' or ``-f'' options.  The default is no dis‐
47              tribution list.
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HISTORY

50       Written  by  Rich  $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is
51       revision 10283, dated 2018-05-14.
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SEE ALSO

54       innd(8).
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