.TH NNTPSEND 8 .SH NAME nntpsend \- send Usenet articles to remote site .SH SYNOPSIS .B nntpsend [ .B \-d ] [ .B \-p ] [ .B \-r ] [ .B \-S ] [ .BI \-s " size" ] [ .BI \-t " timeout" ] [ .BI \-T " timelimit" ] [ .I sitename .I fqdn ] ... .SH DESCRIPTION .I Nntpsend is a front-end that invokes .IR innxmit (1) to send Usenet articles to a remote NNTP site. .PP The sites to be fed may be specified by giving .I sitename .I fqdn pairs on the command line. If no such pairs are given, .I nntpsend defaults to the information given in the .IR nntpsend.ctl (5) config file. .PP The .I sitename should be the name of the site as specified in the .IR newsfeeds (5) file. The .I fqdn should be the hostname or IP address of the remote site. .PP An .I innxmit is launched for sites with queued news. All .I innxmit processes are spawned in the background and the script waits for them all to finish before returning. Output is sent to the file .\" =()()= .IR /var/spool/news/data/nntpsend.log . In order to keep from overwhelming the local system, .I nntpsend waits five seconds before spawned each child. The flag ``\-a'' is always given as a flag to .IR innxmit . .PP .I Nntpsend expects that the batchfile for a site is named .\" =()()= .IR /var/spool/news/out.going/sitename . To prevent batchfile corruption, .IR shlock (1) is used to ``lock'' these files. .PP The ``\-p'', ``\-r'', ``\-S'', ``-t'', and ``-T'' flags are passed on to the child .I innxmit program. Note that if the ``\-p'' flag is used then no connection is made and no articles are fed to the remote site. It is useful to have .IR cron (8) invoke .I nntpsend with this flag in case a site cannot be reached for an extended period of time. .PP If the ``\-s'' flag is used, then .IR shrinkfile (1) will be invoked to perform a tail truncation on the batchfile and the flag will be passed to it. .PP When .I sitename .I fqdn pairs are given on the command line, any flags given on the command completely describe how .I innxmit and .I shrinkfile operate. When no such pairs are given on the command line, then the information found in .I nntpsend.ctl becomes the default flags for that site. Any flags given on the command line override the default flags for the site. .PP For example, with the following control file: .RS .nf nsavax:erehwon.nsavax.gov::-S -t60 group70:group70.org:: walldrug:walldrug.com:1m:-T1800 -t300 .fi .RE .PP The command: .RS nntpsend .RE will result in the following: .RS .nf .ta \w'sitename 'u +\w'truncation 'u Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags nsavax (none) \-a \-S \-t60 group70 (none) \-a \-t180 walldrug 1m \-a \-T1800 \-t300 .fi .RE .PP The command: .RS nntpsend \-d \-T1200 .RE will result in the following: .RS .nf .ta \w'sitename 'u +\w'truncation 'u Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags nsavax (none) \-a \-d \-S \-T1200 \-t60 group70 (none) \-a \-d \-T1200 \-t180 walldrug 1m \-a \-d \-T1200 \-t300 .fi .RE .PP The command: .RS nntpsend \-s 5m \-T1200 nsavax erehwon.nsavax.gov group70 group70.org .RE will result in the following: .RS .nf .ta \w'sitename 'u +\w'truncation 'u Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags nsavax 5m \-a \-T1200 \-t180 group70 5m \-a \-T1200 \-t180 .fi .RE .PP Remember that ``\-a'' is always given, and ``\-t'' defaults to 180. .SH HISTORY Written by Landon Curt Noll and Rich $alz for InterNetNews. .de R$ This is revision \\$3, dated \\$4. .. .R$ $Id: nntpsend.8,v 1.3 1992/08/14 20:37:08 rsalz Exp $ .SH "SEE ALSO" innxmit(1), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend.ctl(5), shrinkfile(1).
