NEWSREQUEUE(8)NEWSREQUEUE(8)NAMEnewsrequeue - tool to rewrite batchfiles.
SYNOPSISnewsrequeue [ -a active ] [ -h history ] [ -d days ] [ -l
] [ -n newsfeeds ] [ input ]
DESCRIPTION
Newsrequeue can be used to rewrite batchfiles after a sys-
tem crash. It operates in two modes. In the first mode,
it first reads the active (5) and newsfeeds(5) files to
determine where the different newsgroups are to be dis-
tributed. It then opens the history database. Once the
files are opened, newsrequeue reads from the specified
input file, or standard input if no file is specified.
Each line should have a single Message-ID, surrounded in
angle brackets; any other text on the line is ignored.
For example, the history file (or trailing subset of it)
is acceptable input to the program operating in this mode.
Newsrequeue uses the first two fields of the newsfeed
entry -- the sitename and the excludes field, and the pat-
terns and distribs field (except for ``@''). It ignores
all flags in the third field except for the ``N'' field,
and also ignores the fourth field altogether.
The output of newsrequeue consists of one line for each
article that should be forwarded. Each such line contains
the Message-ID, the filename, and the list of sites that
should receive the article. The output is suitable for
piping into filechan(8).
The second mode is used if the ``-l'' flag is given. In
this mode, it reads from the specified input file, or
standard input if no file is specified. Each line should
look like an innd log entry. It parses entries for
accepted articles, looks up the Message-ID in the history
database to get the filename, and then scans the list of
sites. If ``storageapi'' in inn.conf(5) is turnd on,
newsrequeue always runs this mode regardless of ``-l''
flag.
OPTIONS-a To specify alternate locations for the active file,
use the ``-a'' flag.
-n Use the ``-n'' flag to specify an alternate loca-
tion for the newsfeeds(8) file.
-h Use the ``-h'' flag to specify a different location
for the history database,
-d If the ``-d'' flag is used, then only articles that
were received within the specified number of days
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will be processed.
-l Read innd type log entries instead of a history-
file like entries.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNet-
News. This is revision 1.1.2.1, dated 1999/06/12.
SEE ALSOactive(5), ctlinnd(8), dbz(3), filechan(8), history(5),
inn.conf(5), innd(8), newsfeeds(5), makeactive(8), make-
history(8).
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