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- Date: Mon, 11 Feb 85 08:22:03 pst
- From: decvax!ihnp4!uw-beaver!entropy!dataio!bossert (John Bossert)
- Subject: Manual page for 2.10.2 readnews(1)
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- # readnews.1
- # This archive created: Mon Feb 11 08:18:50 1985
- # By: John Bossert (Data I/O Corporation, Redmond WA)
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- X.TH READNEWS 1 "15 January 1985"
- X.UC 4
- X.SH NAME
- X\fBreadnews\fR \- read news articles
- X.SH SYNOPSIS
- X\fBreadnews\fR
- X[\fB\-a\fR \fR[\fIdate\fR]]
- X[\fB\-n\fR \fInewsgroups\fR]
- X[\fB\-t\fR \fItitles\fR]
- X[\fB\-fhlMprux\fR]
- X[\fB\-c\fR \fR[\fImailer\fR]]
- X.br
- X
- X\fBreadnews\fR
- X\fB\-s\fR
- X.SH DESCRIPTION
- X.B Readnews
- Xis a program for reading USENET news.
- XIt permits the use of several interfaces,
- Xwith the \fImsgs\fR(1) interface as the default.
- X.PP
- X.B Readnews
- Xwithout any arguments prints unread articles in the default subscription list.
- X.PP
- XThe following flags determine the selection of articles.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-a\fR \fR[\fIdate\fR]\fP
- XSelect articles posted after the given \fIdate\fR.
- XThe strict format for \fIdate\fR is of the form:
- X.nf
- X.ta 15m 20m
- X
- XDay Month Day-of-Month HH:MM:SS Year
- XSun Sep 16 12:00:00 1984
- X
- X.fi
- XHowever, some coloquialisms are buried in the source.
- XThe default value is sometime in 1970.
- X.RE
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-c\fR \fR[\fImailer\fR]\fP
- XWrite all selected articles to a temporary file then invoke \fImailer\fR.
- XThe name of the temporary file is referenced as ``%''.
- XThus ``mail -f %'' will invoke "mail" on the temporary file
- Xcontaining copies of the selected articles.
- XThe environment variable MAILER,
- X(usually /bin/mail) defines the default mailer.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-f\fR
- XDon't print followup articles.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-h\fR
- XPrint articles in a less verbose format.
- XThis option is intended for use on terminals running at 300 baud.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-l\fR
- XList only the titles of the selected articles.
- XThe \fI.newsrc\fR file is not updated.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-M\fR
- XUse a \fIMail\fR(1)-like interface.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-n\fR \fInewsgroups\fR
- XSelect articles belonging to \fInewsgroups\fR.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-p\fR
- XSend all selected articles to the standard output.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-r\fR
- XPrint the articles in reverse order.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-s\fR
- XPrint the newsgroup subscription list.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-t\fR \fItitles\fR
- XSelect articles whose titles contain one of the strings specified by
- X\fItitles\fR.
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-u\fR
- XUpdate the
- X.B .newsrc
- Xfile every 5 minutes,
- Xas in the case of an unreliable system.
- X(Note that if the .newsrc file is updated, the
- X.B x
- Xcommand will not restore it to its original contents.)
- X.TP 10
- X\fB\-x\fR
- XIgnore \fI.newsrc\fR file.
- XThat is, select articles that have already been read as well as new ones.
- X.B Readnews
- Xmaintains a \fI.newsrc\fR file in the your home directory that
- Xspecifies all news articles already read.
- XIt is updated at the end of each reading session unless the \fB\-x\fR
- Xoption was specified.
- XIf the environment variable NEWSRC is present,
- Xit should be the path name of a file to be used in place of .newsrc.
- X.PP
- XIf you wish, an options line may be placed in your \fI.newsrc\fR file.
- XThis line starts with the word
- X.B options
- X(left justified) followed by the list of standard options just as
- Xthey would be typed on the command line.
- XSuch a list may include:
- Xthe
- X\fB\-n\fR
- Xflag along with a newsgroup list and/or
- Xthe
- X\fB\-r\fR
- Xor
- X\fB\-t\fR
- Xflag.
- XContinuation lines begin with a space or tab character.
- X.SH ENVIRONMENT
- XOptions can be specified in the
- X.B NEWSOPTS
- Xenvironment parameter.
- XWhere conflicts exist, options on the command line take precedence,
- Xfollowed by the \fI.newsrc\fR,
- X.B options
- Xline, and lastly the
- X.B NEWSOPTS
- Xparameter.
- X.PP
- XIf
- X.B EDITOR
- Xis set, it will be used in place of the default editor on your system to
- Xedit replies and follow-ups.
- X.PP
- XWhen the user uses the reply command,
- Xthe environment parameter
- X.B MAILER
- Xwill be used to determine which mailer to use.
- XThe default is usually /bin/mail.
- X.PP
- XIf
- X.B NAME
- Xis set, it will be used as your full name when posting news or
- Xsubmitting a follow-up.
- XIf it is not set, the name will be taken from the file
- X.B .name
- Xin your home directory.
- XIf this file is not present, the name will be taken from /etc/passwd.
- X.PP
- XIf
- X.B NEWSARCHIVE
- Xis set, a copy of any articles you post or follow-up to,
- Xwill be saved in the specified file.
- XIf it is the null string, they will be copied in
- X.I author_copy
- Xin your home directory.
- X.PP
- XIf
- X.B NEWSBOX
- Xis present and equal to "directory", a request to save an article as
- X"filename" will cause the article to be saved as "directory/filename".
- XIf
- X.B NEWSBOX
- Xis set to "directory/%s", a request to save an article in newsgroup
- X"newsgroup" as "filename" will save it in the pathname
- X"directory/newsgroup/filename".
- XThe portion of the pathname defined as $NEWSBOX must already exist.
- XThe subdirectories corresponding to news groups will be created as necessary.
- X.PP
- XIf
- X.B NEWSRC
- Xis set, it will be used in place of the .newsrc file in your home directory.
- X.PP
- XIf
- X.B ORGANIZATION
- Xis set, it will be used as the name of your organization whenever you
- Xpost an article.
- XThe default is compiled in and is usually correct.
- XTypically, you would only use this if you were reading news at a
- Xsite other than normal.
- X(Or if you are trying to be cute.)
- X.PP
- XIf the user so desires, he may specify a specific paging program for articles.
- XThe environment parameter
- X.B PAGER
- Xshould be set to the paging program.
- XThe name of the article is referenced with a `%', as in the
- X\fB\-c\fR
- Xoption.
- XIf no `%' is present, the article will be piped to the program.
- XPaging may be disabled by setting
- X.B PAGER
- Xto a null value.
- X.SH COMMANDS
- X.PP
- XThis section lists the commands you can type to the msgs and /bin/mail
- Xinterface prompts.
- XThe msgs interface will suggest some common commands in brackets.
- XTyping a carriage return is the same as typing the first command.
- XFor example, ``[ynq]'' means that the commands ``y'' (yes), ``n'' (no),
- Xand ``q'' (quit) are common responses, and that ``y'' is the default.
- X.sp
- X.ta 2.5i
- XCommand Meaning
- X.IP y
- XYes. Print current article.
- X.IP n
- XNo. Skip this article.
- X.IP q
- XQuit. The .newsrc file will be updated if
- X\fB\-l\fR or \fB\-x\fR were not on the command line.
- X.IP c
- XCancel the article. Only the author or the super user can do this.
- X.IP r
- XReply.
- XReply to article's author via mail.
- XYou are placed in your EDITOR with a header specifying the
- XTo, Subject, and References lines derived from the original message.
- XYou may change or add headers, as appropriate.
- XEnter the text of the reply after the blank line,
- Xand then exit the editor.
- XThe resulting message is mailed to the author of the article.
- X.IP rd
- XReply directly.
- XYou are placed in MAILER (``mail'' by default) in reply to the author.
- XEnter the text of the reply and then control-D.
- X.IP f [\fItitle\fP]
- XSubmit a follow up article.
- XNormally you should leave off the title,
- Xsince the system will generate one for you.
- XYou will be placed in your EDITOR to compose the text of the followup.
- X.IP fd
- XFollowup directly, without edited headers.
- XThis is like \fBf\fR,
- Xbut the headers of the article are not included in the editor buffer.
- X.IP N [\fInewsgroup\fP]
- XGo to the next newsgroup or named newsgroup.
- X.IP s [\fIfile\fP]
- XSave.
- XThe article is appended to the named file.
- XThe default is ``Articles''.
- XIf the first character of the file name is `|',
- Xthe rest of the file name is taken as the name of a program,
- Xwhich is executed with the text of the article as standard input.
- XIf the first character of the file name is `/', it is
- Xtaken as a full path name of a file.
- XIf $NEWSBOX (in the environment) is set to a full path name,
- Xand the file contains no `/', the file is saved in $NEWSBOX.
- XOtherwise, it is saved relative to $HOME.
- X.IP #
- XReport the name and size of the newsgroup.
- X.IP e
- XErase.
- XForget that this article was read.
- X.IP h
- XPrint a more verbose header.
- X.IP H
- XPrint a very verbose header,
- Xcontaining all known information about the article.
- X.IP U
- XUnsubscribe from this newsgroup and go on to the next newsgroup.
- X.IP d
- XRead a digest.
- XBreaks up a digest into separate articles
- Xand permits you to read and reply to each piece.
- X.IP D [\fInumber\fP]
- XDecrypt.
- XInvokes a Caesar decoding program on the body of the message.
- XThis is used to decrypt rotated jokes posted to net.jokes.
- XSuch jokes are usually obscene or otherwise offensive to some groups of people,
- Xand so are rotated to avoid accidental decryption by
- Xpeople who would be offended.
- XThe title of the joke should indicate the nature of the problem,
- Xenabling people to decide whether to decrypt it or not.
- X.PP
- XNormally the Caesar program does a character frequency count on
- Xeach line of the article separately,
- Xso that lines which are not rotated will be shown in plain text.
- XThis works well unless the line is short,
- Xin which case it sometimes gets the wrong rotation.
- XAn explicit /fInumber/fR rotation (usually 13) may be
- Xgiven to force a particular shift.
- X.IP v
- XPrint the current version of the news software.
- X.IP !
- XShell escape.
- X.IP \fInumber\fP
- XGo to \fInumber\fP.
- X.IP +[\fIn\fP]
- XSkip \fIn\fR articles.
- XThe articles skipped are recorded as ``unread'' and will be
- Xoffered to you again the next time you read news.
- X.IP \-
- XGo back to last article.
- XThis is a toggle, typing it twice returns you to the original article.
- X.IP x
- XExit.
- XLike quit except that .newsrc is not updated.
- X.IP X \fIsystem\fP
- XTransmit article to the named system.
- X.PP
- XThe commands
- Xc, f, fd, r, rd, e, h, H, and s
- Xcan be followed by \-'s to refer to the previous article.
- XThus, when replying to an article using the msgs interface,
- Xyou should normally type ``r\-'' (or ``re-'') since by the time you enter
- Xa command, you are being offerred the next article.
- X.SH EXAMPLES
- X.TP 10
- X.B readnews
- XRead all unread articles using the
- X.IR msgs (1)
- Xinterface. The
- X.I .newsrc
- Xfile is updated at the end of the session.
- X.TP 10
- X.B readnews \-c ``ed %'' \-l
- XInvoke the
- X.IR ed (1)
- Xtext editor on a file containing the titles of all unread articles. The
- X.I .newsrc
- Xfile is
- X.B not
- Xupdated at the end of the session.
- X.TP 10
- X.B readnews \-n all !fa.all \-M \-r
- XRead all unread articles except articles whose newsgroups begin with
- X"fa." via
- X.IR Mail (1)
- Xin reverse order. The
- X.I .newsrc
- Xfile is updated at the end of the session.
- X.TP 10
- X.B "readnews \-p \-n all \-a last thursday"
- XPrint every unread article since last Thursday. The
- X.I .newsrc
- Xfile is
- Xupdated at the end of the session.
- X.TP 10
- X.B "readnews \-p > /dev/null &"
- XDiscard all unread news.
- XThis is useful after returning from a long trip.
- X.SH FILES
- X.PD 0
- X.TP 40
- X.RI /usr/spool/news/ newsgroup / number
- XNews articles
- X.TP 40
- X/usr/lib/news/active
- XActive newsgroups
- X.TP 40
- X/usr/lib/news/help
- XHelp file
- X.TP 40
- X~/.newsrc
- XOptions and list of previously read articles
- X.PD
- X.SH SEE ALSO
- X.BR checknews (1),
- X.BR inews (1),
- X.BR mail (1),
- X.BR news (5),
- X.BR newsrc (5),
- X.BR postnews (1),
- X.BR recnews (8),
- X.BR sendnews (8),
- X.BR uurec (8)
- X.SH AUTHORS
- XMatt Glickman
- X.br
- XMark Horton
- X.br
- XStephen Daniel
- X.br
- XTom R. Truscott
- SHAR_EOF
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