1NNTPGET(1) General Commands Manual NNTPGET(1)
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6 nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server
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9 nntpget [ -d dist ] [ -f file ] [ -n newsgroups ] [ -t timestring ] [
10 -o ] [ -u file ] [ -v ] host
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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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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.
24 -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.
28 -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.
33 -u The ``-u'' option is like ``-f'' except that if the transfer
35 succeedes, the file will be updated with a statistics line, mod‐
36 ifying its timestamp so that it can be used in later invoca‐
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38 -t If the ``-t'' option is used, then the specified timestring is
40 used as the time and date parameter to the ``newnews'' command.
41 -n If either the ``-u'' or ``-f'' options are used, then the ``-n''
43 option may be used to specify a newsgroup list. The default is
44 ``*''.
45 -d The ``-d'' option may be used to specify a distribution list
47 when using the ``-u'' or ``-f'' options. The default is no dis‐
48 tribution list.
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51 Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. This is
52 revision 5909, dated 2002-12-03.
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55 innd(8).
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