cvtbatch - convert Usenet batch file to INN format
SYNOPSIS
cvtbatch [ -w items ]
DESCRIPTION
Cvtbatch reads standard input as a series of lines, con
verts each line, and writes it to standard output. It is
used to convert simple batchfiles that contain just the
article name to INN batchfiles that contain additional
information about each article.
Each line is taken as the pathname to a Usenet article.
If it is not an absolute pathname, it is taken relative to
the spool directory, <patharticles in inn.conf>. (Only
the first word of each line is parsed; anything following
whitespace is ignored.)
OPTIONS
-w The ``-w'' flag specifies how each output line
should be written. The items for this flag should
be chosen from the ``W'' flag items as specified in
newsfeeds(5). They may be chosen from the follow
ing set:
b Size of article in bytes
f full pathname of article
m article message-id
n relative pathname of article
If the input file consists of a series of Message-ID's,
then use grephistory(1) with the ``-s'' flag piped into
cvtbatch.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNet
News. This is revision 1.5, dated 1998/04/09.
SEE ALSO
grephistory(1), inn.conf(5), newsfeeds(5).
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