NEWSREQUEUE(8)

NAME
       newsrequeue - tool to rewrite batchfiles.

SYNOPSIS
       newsrequeue  [ -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.   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.

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
              will be processed.

       -l     Read innd type log entries instead  of  a  history-
              file like entries.

HISTORY
       Written  by  Rich  $alz lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net for InterNet-
       News.  This is revision 1.2, dated 1996/10/29.

SEE ALSO
       active(5) ctlinnd(8) dbz(3) filechan(8) history(5) 
       innd(8) newsfeeds(5) makeactive(8) makehistory(8).