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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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