nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server
SYNOPSIS
nntpget [ -d dist ] [ -f file ] [ -n newsgroups ] [ -t
timestring ] [ -o ] [ -u file ] [ -v ] host
DESCRIPTION
Nntpget connects to the NNTP server at the specified host
and retrieves articles from it. The Message-ID's of the
desired articles are read from standard input. The arti
cles are sent to standard output.
OPTIONS
-o The ``-o'' option may be used only if the command
is executed on the host where the innd(8) server is
running. If this option is used, nntpget connects
to the specified remote host to retrieve articles.
Any article not present in the local history
database is then fetched from the remote site and
offered to the local server.
-v If the ``-v'' option is used with the ``-o'' option
then the Message-ID of each article will be sent to
standard output as it is processed.
-f The list of article Message-ID's is normally read
from standard input. If the ``-f'' option is used,
then a ``newnews'' command is used to retrieve all
articles newer then the modification date of the
specified file.
-u The ``-u'' option is the same except that if the
transfer succeeded, the file will be updated with a
statistics line, modifying its timestamp so that it
can be used in later invocations.
-t If the ``-t'' option is used, then the specified
timestring is used as the time and date parameter
to the ``newnews'' command.
-n If either the ``-t'' or ``-f'' options are used,
then the ``-n'' option may be used to specify a
newsgroup list. The default is ``*''.
-d The ``-d'' option may be used to specify a distri
bution list when using the ``-t'' or ``-f''
options. The default is no distribution list.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNet
News. This is revision 1.2, dated 1998/01/28.
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