NAME
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 articles are sent to standard output.
OPTIONS
- -o
- The ``-o'' option may be used only if the command is executed
on the host where the (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 like ``-f'' except that if
the transfer succeedes, 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 ``-u'' 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 distribution
list when using the ``-u'' or ``-f'' options. The
default is no distribution list.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for
InterNetNews. This is revision 5909, dated 2002-12-03.
SEE ALSO
innd(8).