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6 archive - Usenet article archiver
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9 archive [-cfr] [-a archive] [-i index] [-p pattern] [input]
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12 archive makes copies of files specified on its standard input. It is
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16 archive reads the named input file, or standard input if no file is
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19 should specify the token of an article to archive. Every article is
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21 target file in the archive directory. You can limit the targets taken
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24 Files are copied to a directory within the archive directory,
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27 storage of the given articles; intermediate directories will be created
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104 Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Converted
105 to POD by Russ Allbery <eagle@eyrie.org>.
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107 $Id: archive.pod 9767 2014-12-07 21:13:43Z iulius $
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