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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NFXMIT 8 "University of Illinois"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: nfxmit, nfrcv - notesfile networking programs
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B nfxmit
        !             6: .BR "-d" "site"
        !             7: [
        !             8: .B "-r"
        !             9: ] [
        !            10: .B "-a"
        !            11: ] [
        !            12: .B "-i"
        !            13: ] [
        !            14: .B "-t"
        !            15: .I "date-spec"
        !            16: ]
        !            17: [
        !            18: .B "-f"
        !            19: file
        !            20: ]
        !            21: topic [ ... ]
        !            22: .PP
        !            23: .B nfrcv
        !            24: topic
        !            25: fromsystem
        !            26: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            27: .I Nfxmit
        !            28: and
        !            29: .I nfrcv
        !            30: implement networking of notesfiles.
        !            31: The
        !            32: .I nfxmit
        !            33: program packages eligible new articles
        !            34: and sends them to a remote system.
        !            35: .I Nfrcv
        !            36: is the receiving end of this team.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: .I "Nfxmit"
        !            39: sends the specified notesfiles to the
        !            40: .I "site"
        !            41: specified with the
        !            42: .B "-d"
        !            43: option.
        !            44: The 
        !            45: .B "-r"
        !            46: option specifies that a request should be queued for the
        !            47: remote site to transmit updates from its copies of the notesfiles
        !            48: sent.
        !            49: The 
        !            50: .B "-r" 
        !            51: option is used only if the other site does not automatically queue
        !            52: updates of the notesfile.
        !            53: .PP
        !            54: Specify 
        !            55: .B "-a"
        !            56: to have articles which originated in
        !            57: .IR news (1)
        !            58: sent.
        !            59: News(1)-originated articles will usually reach each system via the
        !            60: news program.
        !            61: .PP
        !            62: The 
        !            63: .B "-i"
        !            64: option indicates that
        !            65: .I nfxmit
        !            66: is to send articles to the destination that it normally would
        !            67: not send.
        !            68: These articles are those that were written there or were
        !            69: received at the local site from that particular site.
        !            70: The
        !            71: .B "-i"
        !            72: option is separate from the timestamp functions.
        !            73: Articles are first selected on the basis of the time received
        !            74: and criteria for having passed through news
        !            75: or the destination system are applied later.
        !            76: .PP
        !            77: A timestamp of the last transmission of each notesfile to each system is
        !            78: maintained. This is used for determining the notes to send.
        !            79: If a different timestamp is desired,
        !            80: use the
        !            81: .B "-t"
        !            82: option.
        !            83: The supplied timestamp is used for this transfer and the
        !            84: stored timestamp is updated.
        !            85: .PP
        !            86: Specify
        !            87: .B "-f"
        !            88: .I "myfile"
        !            89: on the command line to have
        !            90: .I "nfxmit"
        !            91: read 
        !            92: .I "myfile" 
        !            93: for a list of notesfiles to be sent.
        !            94: This is useful if the number of notesfiles is too numerous to list on a 
        !            95: single command line.
        !            96: The shell meta-characters
        !            97: .I "*, ?, [,"
        !            98: and
        !            99: .I "]"
        !           100: are recognized in both the 
        !           101: .I topic
        !           102: parameter and the entries in
        !           103: .I "myfile."
        !           104: .PP
        !           105: .I "Nfxmit"
        !           106: uses uux(I) to invoke 
        !           107: .I "nfrcv" 
        !           108: on the remote system in order to process the incoming notes.
        !           109: Non-uucp connections are supported and specified in
        !           110: the file
        !           111: .I "/usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.how"
        !           112: .SH FILES
        !           113: .PD 0
        !           114: .TP 45
        !           115: /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.how
        !           116: specifies connection methods between systems
        !           117: .TP 45
        !           118: /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias
        !           119: directory containing mapping of local and
        !           120: remote notesfile names
        !           121: .TP 45
        !           122: /usr/spool/notes/.sequencer/Sy:\fIsysname\fP
        !           123: Seqeuncing timestamps for 
        !           124: .IR sysname "."
        !           125: .PD
        !           126: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           127: news(1),
        !           128: notes(1),
        !           129: nfcomment(3),
        !           130: uucp(1),
        !           131: .br
        !           132: .ul
        !           133: The Notesfile Reference Manual
        !           134: .SH AUTHORS
        !           135: .nf
        !           136: Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%[email protected])
        !           137: Department of Computer Science
        !           138: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        !           139: Urbana, IL
        !           140: .sp
        !           141: Rob Kolstad ([email protected])
        !           142: CONVEX Computer Corporation
        !           143: Richardson, TX
        !           144: .fi

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