nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server
nntpget [ -d dist ] [ -f file ]
[ -n newsgroups ] [ -t timestring ] [ -o
] [ -u file ] [ -v ] host
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.
- -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 distribution list when
using the ``-t'' or ``-f'' options. The default is no
distribution list.
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.
This is revision 1.10, dated 1996/10/29.