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                      2: .SH NAME
                      3: mknf, rmnf - create and delete notesfiles
                      4: .SH SYNOPSIS
                      5: .B mknf
                      6: [
                      7: .B "-aon"
                      8: ]
                      9: topic [ ... ]
                     10: .PP
                     11: .B rmnf
                     12: [
                     13: .B "-f"
                     14: ]
                     15: topic [ ... ]
                     16: .SH DESCRIPTION
                     17: .I Mknf
                     18: and 
                     19: .I rmnf
                     20: create and delete notesfiles respectively.
                     21: The same parameters apply for each: 
                     22: the `topic' is the name that the notesfile is known by.
                     23: .PP
                     24: As 
                     25: .I mknf
                     26: processes its arguments, creating new notesfiles, the name of each
                     27: new notesfile is echoed to the terminal.
                     28: The new notesfiles are closed and
                     29: the 
                     30: .I "notesfile owner"
                     31: is made the sole director.
                     32: He customarily turns control over to the user requesting the notesfile
                     33: by making that person a director.
                     34: .PP
                     35: The 
                     36: .B "-aon"
                     37: options apply to
                     38: .I "mknf"
                     39: only.
                     40: They signify that the notesfiles created are to permit anonymous notes,
                     41: be open, and be networked respectively.
                     42: .PP
                     43: If the file `/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template'
                     44: is present,
                     45: it contains a list of access-rights which are added to
                     46: the created notesfile.
                     47: The file contains lines of access-rights similar to 
                     48: those used in the
                     49: .IR "nfaccess" "(8)"
                     50: command.
                     51: In environments with dynamic creation of notesfiles, such as on
                     52: USENET nodes,
                     53: one or more users can automatically be made directors of
                     54: all new notesfiles.
                     55: If appropriate, they can be removed from the access list
                     56: of newly created notesfiles as needed.
                     57: .PP
                     58: .I Rmnf
                     59: asks for verification of each notesfile before deleting it. 
                     60: The notesfile is deleted if the response line begins with a `y'.
                     61: If invoked with the
                     62: .B "-f"
                     63: option,
                     64: .I rmnf
                     65: does not ask for verification before deleting the notesfiles.
                     66: .PP
                     67: Only the 
                     68: .I "notesfile owner"
                     69: is allowed to run 
                     70: .I mknf
                     71: and
                     72: .I "rmnf."
                     73: .SH BUGS
                     74: .I "Rmnf"
                     75: doesn't understand about absolute pathnames for notesfiles.
                     76: It refuses to remove notesfiles specified by absolute pathnames.
                     77: .PP
                     78: Any user should be allowed to create private notesfiles in
                     79: directories where he has permission.
                     80: .SH FILES
                     81: .PD 0
                     82: .TP 40
                     83: /usr/spool/notes/.utilities
                     84: where these programs live.
                     85: .TP 40
                     86: /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/access-template
                     87: Default access-list.
                     88: .TP 40
                     89: /usr/spool/notes
                     90: Default notesfile directory.
                     91: .PD
                     92: .SH SEE ALSO
                     93: nfaccess(8),
                     94: nfxmit(8),
                     95: notes(1),
                     96: .br
                     97: .ul
                     98: The Notesfile Reference Manual
                     99: .SH AUTHORS
                    100: .nf
                    101: Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%[email protected])
                    102: Department of Computer Science
                    103: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
                    104: Urbana, IL
                    105: .sp
                    106: Rob Kolstad ([email protected])
                    107: CONVEX Computer Corporation
                    108: Richardson, TX
                    109: .fi

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