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1.1     ! root        1: .TH GETACTIVE 1 "1 September 1985"
        !             2: .UC 4
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: getactive \- retrieve the active file from the remote news server
        !             5: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             6: .B /usr/local/lib/rn/getactive filename
        !             7: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             8: .I Getactive
        !             9: retrieves the newsgroup ``active file'' (which contains
        !            10: the list of all known newsgroups and their high/low message
        !            11: numbers) from the news server on a remote machine and
        !            12: places it in
        !            13: .I filename.
        !            14: .PP
        !            15: The normal use is in support of shell scripts (such as
        !            16: .I newsgroups
        !            17: or
        !            18: .IR newsetup )
        !            19: which have been taken from existing software, such
        !            20: as
        !            21: .I rn.
        !            22: When used, the file the active file is retrieved into is
        !            23: usually something like
        !            24: .IR /tmp/active.$$ ,
        !            25: and should be deleted before the shell script exits.
        !            26: .SH BUGS
        !            27: The pathname shown in the synopsis is system-specific
        !            28: and will depend on how you install
        !            29: .I rn.
        !            30: .SH AUTHOR
        !            31: Phil Lapsley

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