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- <h3>Tellnews commands</h3>
- <p>Send commands to <select name="slave_n" size=1>
- <option selected value="0">Master Process</option>
- <option value="1">Slave 1</option>
- <option value="2">Slave 2</option>
- <option value="3">Slave 3</option>
- <option value="4">Slave 4</option>
- <option value="5">Slave 5</option>
- <option value="6">Slave 6</option>
- </select> </p>
- <hr>
- <p>Set a selection of groups specified by a wild card to 'cached'
- this means dnews will attemp to suck these groups from
- your upstream site. It will also set the number of days to
- cache the groups on the server.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="t_cached" value="Cached"> Groups:<input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="cached_p1" value="*"> Days<input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="cached_p2" value="10"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Scan buckets and find any missing ones</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_check_buckets" value="Check_Buckets"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Correct group ranges "from" "to" and "number" of items
- based on the information in the master index, this will take
- up to 2 minutes.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_check_index" value="Check_Index"></p>
- <hr>
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- <p>Process a set text file as if it had been recieved as a
- checkgroups control message, the file should have the
- normal headers and must be placed in the CONFIG
- directory.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_checkgroups" value="CheckGroups"> File Name:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="checkgroups_p1" value="check.txt"></p>
- <hr>
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- <p>Copy a newsgroup, this is only intended for local news groups.
- The new newsgroup must already exist.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_copy_group" value="Copy_Group"><br>
- Old Group name: <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="copy_group_p1" value="old.group.name"><br>
- New Group name: <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="copy_group_p2" value="new.group.name">
- </p>
- <hr>
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- <p>Clears some of the internal caches used for reading item
- files.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_clear_cache" value="Clear_Cache"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Used with loglvl debug or flush, to control which debugging
- messages are sent to the log file. The list of options must not
- contain spaces.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_debug" value="Debug"> Debug information to send to log file:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=512 name="debug_p1" value="control:db:cancel:file:lib:,warn:,fatal:,post:,chan:,feed:,hist:,nntpstr:,err:,debug:,expire:,info:,item:,group:,suck:,cmd:,ncmd:,init:,db:,mem:"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Used by the dnews admin to disconnect a single channel,
- select the number 'n' by doing a tellnews status command</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_disconnect" value="Disconnect"> Channel to disonnect:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="disconnect_p1" value="0"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show approximate disk use of specified groups</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_diskuse" value="Diskuse"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="diskuse_p1" value="*"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Clear cache of ip names/numbers</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_dns_clear" value="DNS_Clear"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show ip names/numbers in cache</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_dns_show" value="DNS_Show"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Closedown the daemon cleanly</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_exit" value="Exit"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Run the expire process</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_expire" value="Expire"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Check the active.names file and repair</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_fixnames" value="Fixnames"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Reset the active.times file to n days ago</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_fixtimes" value="Fixtimes"> Number of days:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="fixtimes_p1" value="5"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Get any new groups from that suck feed</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_getgroups" value="Getgroups"> Number of suck feed to check for new groups
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="getgroups_p1" value="10"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Get the active.names from our feeder </p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_getnames" value="Getnames"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Get older news from the feeder</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_getold" value="Getold"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=24 maxlength=256 name="getold_p1" value="*"> number of days
- <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="getold_p2" value="20"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Age all groups one day</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_group_age" value="Group_Age"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Merge active.add into active.dat</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_group_merge" value="Group_Merge"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Remove duplicate groups in the active file</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_group_nodup" value="Group_Nodup"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Enter your registration key</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_key" value="Key"> Key to enter:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="key_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Actually delete group from active.dat if empty </p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_killgroup" value="Killgroup"> Group to remove:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="killgroup_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>killitem grpname num Delete a specific item and cross posts</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_killitem" value="Killitem"> Group name:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="killitem_p1"> Item number:
- <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="killitem_p2"></p>
- <p>killitem "<message_id>" Delete by message id</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_killitem" value="Killitem"> Message ID:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="killitem_p1" value=""></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Delete a specific item</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_Killone" value="Killone"> Group name:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="killone_p1"> Item number:
- <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="killone_p2"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Display last 50 lines of log file</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_log" value="Log"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Create file chan_n.log for channel [n]</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_logchan" value="Logchan"> log channel number: <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="logchan_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Set debug level on the fly</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_loglvl" value="loglvl"> Set loglvl to: <select name="loglvl_p1" size=1>
- <option>debug</option>
- <option>error</option>
- <option>flush</option>
- <option selected>info</option>
- <option>warn</option>
- </select></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Delete groups that don't match ME feed</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_matchfeed" value="Matchfeed"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Add and remove groups to match the place we suck from</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_matchgroups" value="Matchgroups"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>name y|m creator desc Add a new group</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_newgroup" value="Newgroup"> Name:
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="newgroup_p1">
- normal/moderated (y|m) <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="newgroup_p2"> </p>
- <p>Creator: <input type=text size=22 maxlength=256 name="newgroup_p3"> Description:
- <input type=text size=22 maxlength=256 name="newgroup_p4"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Remove groups marked as deleted</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_purgegroups" value="Purgegroups"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Scan db for items not in the history file</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_rebuild_hist" value="Rebuild_Hist"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Delete db index and rebuild from item files, takes hours</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_rebuild_index" value="Rebuild_Index"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Send articles again, to create fts index</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_refeed" value="Refeed"> </p>
- <hr>
- <p>Reject a specific item from Ihave feed</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_reject" value="Reject"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Reload news.conf ...</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_reload" value="Reload"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Get a new fts index from disk</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_reload_fts" value="Reload_FTS"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Removes items not in history (medium speed)</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_remove_lost" value="Remove_Lost"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>EMail status to manager</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_report" value="Report"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Requeue builtin feeds </p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_reque" value="Reque"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>(ONLY FOR NEW SYSTEMS) Clears ALL item numbers</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_resetall" value="Resetall"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Mark group as deleted</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_rmgroup" value="RMGroup"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="rmgroup_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Rotate the .log files</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_rotate" value="Rotate"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Set Megabytes used </p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_setused" value="Setused"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Process a text file as if it had been recieved as a
- checkgroups control message, the file should have the
- normal headers and must be placed in the CONFIG
- directory.</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_showcached" value="Show Cached"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="showcached_p1" value="*"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show mem use in detail</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_showmem" value="Show Mem"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show the contents of the update queue</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_showqueue" value="Show Queue"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show users who have been connected and stats</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_showusers" value="Show Users"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show how fast articles are arriving</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_speed" value="Speed"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Reset the counters used above</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_speed_reset" value="Speed_Reset"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>THROWS AWAY ARTICLES - TESTING ONLY</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_speed_test" value="Speed_Test"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show statistics on groups since startup</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_stats_groups" value="Stats_Groups"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show statistics on incoming news since last expire</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_stats_in" value="Stats_In"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show statistics on outgoing feeds</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_stats_out" value="Stats_Out"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Show what server is doing </p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_status" value="Status"></p>
- <hr>
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- <p>Test access.conf entries</p>
- <input type=submit name="tell_test_access" value="Test_Access">
- Domain/IP Number: <input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="test_access_p1">
- Username: <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="test_access_p2"> </p>
- Password: <input type=text size=22 maxlength=256 name="test_access_p3">
- </p>
- <hr>
- <p>Check number of file handles available</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_test_files" value="Test_Files"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Check how much mem dnews can allocate</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_test_mem" value="Test_Mem"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Lock up Dnews for n seconds</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_test_sleep" value="Test_Sleep"> <input type=text size=20 maxlength=256 name="test_sleep_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Check how many sockets dnews can open</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_test_sockets" value="Test_Sockets"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>trimgroups n Delete groups not on upstream site</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_trimgroups" value="Trim Groups"> Number to trim:
- <input type=text size=20 maxlength=256 name="trim_groups_p1" value="100"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Set a group to uncached </p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_uncached" value="Uncached"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=20 maxlength=256 name="uncached_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Mark deleted groups as normal again</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_undelete" value="Undelete"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=20 maxlength=256 name="undelete_p1"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Start a suck update</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_update" value="Update"> <input type=submit name="tell_update2" value="Update2"> <input type=submit name="tell_Update3" value="Update3"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Clear current update queue</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_update_clear" value="Update Clear"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>updateone wild [n] Get matching cached groups from suck n</p>
- <p><input type=submit name="tell_updateone" value="Update One"> NewsGroup or Wild card
- <input type=text size=20 maxlength=256 name="updateone_p1" value="*"> Suck # <input type=text size=10 maxlength=256 name="updateone_p2"></p>
- <hr>
- <p>Send an undocumented tellnews command</p>
- <p><input type=text size=30 maxlength=256 name="misc_p1" value="">
- <input type=submit name="tell_misc" value="Send Command"></p>
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