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1.1 root 1: .\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit!
2: .TH BBC 1 "April 22, 1986" MH [mh.6]
3: .UC 6
4: .SH NAME
5: bbc \- check on BBoards
6: .SH SYNOPSIS
7: .in +.5i
8: .ti -.5i
9: bbc
10: \%[bboards\ ...]
11: \%[\-topics] \%[\-check] \%[\-read]
12: \%[\-quiet] \%[\-verbose]
13: \%[\-archive] \%[\-noarchive]
14: \%[\-protocol] \%[\-noprotocol]
15: \%[\-mshproc\ program]
16: \%[switches\ for\ \fImshproc\fR]
17: \%[\-rcfile rcfile] \%[\-norcfile]
18: \%[\-file\ BBoardsfile] \%[\-user\ BBoardsuser]
19: \%[\-help]
20: .in -.5i
21: .SH DESCRIPTION
22: \fIbbc\fR is a BBoard
23: reading/checking program that interfaces to the BBoard
24: channel.
25:
26: The \fIbbc\fR program has three action switches which direct its operation:
27:
28: The `\-read' switch invokes the \fImsh\fR program on the named
29: \fIBBoards\fR. If you also specify
30: the `\-archive' switch, then \fIbbc\fR will invoke the \fImsh\fR program on
31: the archives of the named \fIBBoards\fR. If no \fIBBoards\fR are given
32: on the command line, and you specified `\-archive',
33: \fIbbc\fR will not read your `bboards' profile entry, but will
34: read the archives of the \*(lqsystem\*(rq \fIBBoard\fR instead.
35:
36: The `\-check' switch types out status information for the named \fIBBoards\fR.
37: \fIbbc\fR
38: can print one of several messages depending on the status of both the
39: BBoard
40: and the user's reading habits.
41: As with each of these messages, the number
42: given is the item number of the last item placed in the
43: BBoard.
44: This number (which is marked in the messages as the \*(lqBBoard\-Id\*(rq) is
45: ever increasing. Hence, when \fIbbc\fR
46: says \*(lqn items\*(rq, it really means that the highest BBoard\-Id is \*(lqn\*(rq.
47: There may, or may not actually be \*(lqn\*(rq items in the BBoard.
48: Some common messages are:
49: .in +1i
50:
51: .ti -.5i
52: \fBBBoard \-\- n items unseen\fR
53: .br
54: This message tells how many items the user has not yet seen.
55: When invoked with the `\-quiet' switch,
56: this is the only informative line that \fIbbc\fR will possibly print out.
57:
58: .ti -.5i
59: \fBBBoard \-\- empty\fR
60: .br
61: The BBoard is empty.
62:
63: .ti -.5i
64: \fBBBoard \-\- n items (none seen)\fR
65: .br
66: The BBoard has items in it, but the user hasn't seen any.
67:
68: .ti -.5i
69: \fBBBoard \-\- n items (all seen)\fR
70: .br
71: The BBoard is non\-empty, and the user has seen everything in it.
72:
73: .ti -.5i
74: \fBBBoard \-\- n items seen out of m\fR
75: .br
76: The BBoard has at most m\-n items that the user has not seen.
77: .in -1i
78:
79: The `\-topics' switch directs \fIbbc\fR to print three items about the named
80: \fIBBoards\fR:
81: it's official name,
82: the number of items present,
83: and the date and time of the last update.
84: If no \fIBBoards\fR
85: are named, then all BBoards
86: are listed. If the `\-verbose' switch is given, more information is output.
87:
88: The `\-quiet' switch specifies that \fIbbc\fR should be silent if no
89: \fIBBoards\fR are found with new information.
90: The `\-verbose' switch specifies that \fIbbc\fR is to consider you to be
91: interested in \fIBBoards\fR that you've already seen everything in.
92:
93: To override the default \fImshproc\fR and the profile entry,
94: use the `\-mshproc\ program' switch.
95: Any arguments not understood by \fIbbc\fR are passed to this program.
96: The `\-protocol' switch tells \fIbbc\fR that your \fImshproc\fR knows about
97: the special \fIbbc\fR protocol for reporting back information.
98: \fImsh\fR\0(1), the default \fImshproc\fR, knows all about this.
99:
100: The `\-file\ BBoardsfile' switch tells \fIbbc\fR to use a non\-standard
101: \fIBBoards\fR file when performing its calculations.
102: Similarly, the `\-user BBoardsuser' switch tells \fIbbc\fR to use a
103: non\-standard username.
104: Both of these switches are useful for debugging a new \fIBBoards\fR or
105: \fIPOP\fR file.
106:
107: The `\-rcfile\ rcfile' switch overrides the use of \fI\&.bbrc\fR for
108: user\-specific BBoards information.
109: If the value given to the switch is not absolute,
110: (i.e., does not begin with a \fB/\fR\0),
111: it will be presumed to start from the current working directory.
112: If this switch is not given (or the `\-norcfile' switch is given),
113: then \fIbbc\fR consults the envariable \fB$MHBBRC\fR,
114: and honors it similarly.
115: If this envariable is not set,
116: then the file \fI\&.bbrc\fR in the user's \fB$HOME\fR directory is used.
117: .Fi
118: ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
119: ^$HOME/\&.bbrc~^BBoard information
120: .Pr
121: ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory
122: .Ps
123: ^bboards:~^To specify interesting BBoards
124: .Ps
125: ^mshproc:~^Program to read a given BBoard
126: .Sa
127: bbl(1), bboards(1), msh(1)
128: .De
129: `\-read'
130: .Ds
131: `\-noarchive'
132: .Ds
133: `\-protocol'
134: .Ds
135: `bboards' defaults to \*(lqsystem\*(rq
136: .Ds
137: `\-file /usr/spool/bboards/BBoards'
138: .Ds
139: `\-user bboards'
140: .Co
141: None
142: .Bu
143: The `\-user' switch takes effect only if followed by the `\-file' switch.
144: .En
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