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                     12: .TH NEWSRC 5 "January 17, 1986"
                     13: .ds ]W  Version B 2.10.3
                     14: .SH NAME
                     15: newsrc \- information file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)
                     16: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     17: The
                     18: .I .newsrc
                     19: file contains the list of previously read articles and an optional
                     20: options line for
                     21: .IR readnews "(1) and " checknews (1).
                     22: Each newsgroup that articles
                     23: have been read from has a line of the form:
                     24: .LP
                     25: .IB newsgroup : " range"
                     26: .LP
                     27: The
                     28: .I range
                     29: is a list of the articles read.  It is basically a list of numbers
                     30: separated by commas with sequential numbers collapsed with hyphens.
                     31: For instance:
                     32: .LP
                     33: .B general: 1-78,80,85-90
                     34: .br
                     35: .B mod.computers.laser-printers: 1-7
                     36: .br
                     37: .B net.news: 1
                     38: .br
                     39: .B mod.ai! 1-5
                     40: .br
                     41: .LP
                     42: If the
                     43: .Ch :
                     44: is replaced with an
                     45: .Ch !
                     46: (as in
                     47: .B mod.ai
                     48: above) the newsgroup
                     49: is not subscribed to and will not be shown to the user.
                     50: .LP
                     51: An options line starts with the word
                     52: .B options
                     53: (left-justified).  Then there are the list of options just as they
                     54: would be on the command line.  For instance:
                     55: .LP
                     56: .B "options \-n all !net.sf-lovers !mod.human-nets \-r"
                     57: .br
                     58: .B "options \-c \-r"
                     59: .LP
                     60: A string of lines beginning with a space or tab after the initial options
                     61: line will be considered continuation lines.
                     62: .SH FILES
                     63: .TP 25
                     64: ~/.newsrc
                     65: options and list of previously read articles
                     66: .SH SEE ALSO
                     67: checknews(1),
                     68: readnews(1),
                     69: vnews(1)

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