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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MKNF 8 "University of Illinois"
        !             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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