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1.1 root 1: .TH NETNEWS 7 "local, not alice"
2: .CT 1 comm_users inst_info
3: .SH NAME
4: netnews \(mi send or receive news articles
5: .SH SYNOPSIS
6: .B netnews
7: [
8: .I option ...
9: ]
10: .PP
11: .B netnews
12: .B -s
13: [
14: .I newsgroup ...
15: ]
16: .PP
17: .B netnews
18: .B -i
19: .I title
20: [
21: .B -n
22: .I newsgroup ...
23: ]
24: .SH DESCRIPTION
25: .I Netnews
26: is an intercomputer news service.
27: Used now only locally, it has been replaced by
28: .IR postnews (7)
29: and
30: .IR readnews (7)
31: for outside connections.
32: When invoked without options it prints recent articles.
33: Normally the articles printed are restricted to newsgroups
34: you have signed up for and are
35: newer than your last use of
36: .I netnews.
37: After each article
38: a command is read from the standard input:
39: .TP \w'newline\ 'u
40: newline
41: Go on to next article.
42: .PD 0
43: .TP
44: .B p
45: Print article again.
46: .TP
47: .B -
48: Go back to previous article.
49: .TP
50: .B c
51: Cancel (restricted to contributor and super-user).
52: .TP
53: .BI "w " file
54: Append a copy of the article to the named
55: .I file.
56: .TP
57: .B r
58: Reply to author (via mail).
59: .TP
60: .B q
61: Exit.
62: .TP
63: .B x
64: Exit without update.
65: .PD
66: .PP
67: The options are:
68: .TP \w'newline\ 'u
69: .B -p
70: Print with no questions asked.
71: .TP
72: .B -r
73: Print in reverse time order.
74: .TP
75: .B -l
76: Print titles only.
77: .TP
78: .BI -a " date"
79: Print articles received after
80: .IR date ;
81: no date means the beginning of time.
82: .TP
83: .BI -n " newsgroup ..."
84: Print articles from named newsgroups.
85: .TP
86: .BI -t " string ..."
87: Print only titles containing one of the
88: .I strings.
89: .TP
90: .BI -s " newsgroup ..."
91: Subscribe to named newsgroups.
92: If no
93: .I newsgroups
94: are given,
95: list your current subscriptions.
96: Newsgroup
97: .L all
98: receives all articles;
99: .L net.all
100: receives all newsgroups that begin with
101: .LR net. ,
102: etc.
103: All users subscribe to the newsgroup
104: .LR general .
105: .TP
106: .B -i
107: Insert an article
108: (read from standard input)
109: with title
110: .I title
111: to the newsgroups specified by
112: .B -n
113: (default
114: .LR general ).
115: .PD
116: .SH FILES
117: .TF /usr/spool/news/history
118: .TP
119: .F $HOME/.newsrc
120: user's subscription list
121: .TP
122: .F /usr/spool/news/sys.nnn
123: news articles
124: .TP
125: .F /usr/spool/news/.bitfile
126: bit map of users with news
127: .TP
128: .F /usr/spool/news/.ngfile
129: list of legal newsgroups
130: .TP
131: .F /usr/spool/news/.uindex
132: index of netnews users
133: .TP
134: .F /usr/spool/news/.nindex
135: index of news articles
136: .TP
137: .F /usr/spool/news/.seq
138: sequence number of last article
139: .TP
140: .F /usr/spool/news/.history
141: list of all articles ever seen
142: .TP
143: .F /usr/spool/news/.sys
144: system subscription list
145: .SH SEE ALSO
146: .IR news (7),
147: .IR readnews (7),
148: .IR netnews (5)
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