NNTPSEND(8)
NAME
nntpsend - send Usenet articles to remote site
SYNOPSIS
nntpsend [ -a ] [ -c ] [ -d ] [ -D ] [ -p ] [ -r ] [ -S ]
[ -l ] [ -n ] [ -s size ] [ -t timeout ] [ -T timelimit ]
[ -P portnum ] [ sitename fqdn ] ...
DESCRIPTION
Nntpsend is a front-end that invokes innxmit(1) to send
Usenet articles to a remote NNTP site.
The sites to be fed may be specified by giving sitename
fqdn pairs on the command line. If no such pairs are
given, nntpsend defaults to the information given in the
nntpsend.ctl(5) config file.
The sitename should be the name of the site as specified
in the newsfeeds(5) file. The fqdn should be the hostname
or IP address of the remote site.
An innxmit is launched for sites with queued news. All
innxmit processes are spawned in the background and the
script waits for them all to finish before returning.
Output is sent to the file /var/log/news/nntpsend.log. In
order to keep from overwhelming the local system, nntpsend
waits five seconds before spawned each child.
Nntpsend expects that the batchfile for a site is named
/var/spool/news/out.going/sitename. To prevent batchfile
corruption, shlock(1) is used to ``lock'' these files.
When sitename fqdn pairs are given on the command line,
any flags given on the command completely describe how
innxmit and shrinkfile operate. When no such pairs are
given on the command line, then the information found in
nntpsend.ctl becomes the default flags for that site. Any
flags given on the command line override the default flags
for the site.
OPTIONS
-c
-d -D The ``-d'' flag causes nntpsend to send output to
stdout rather than the log file
/var/log/news/nntpsend.log. The ``-D'' flag does
the same and it passes ``-d'' to all innxmit invo-
catins which in turn causes innxmit to go into
debug mode.
-s If the ``-s'' flag is used, then shrinkfile(1) will
be invoked to perform a tail truncation on the
batchfile and the flag will be passed to it.
-l If the ``-l'' (lazy) flag is specified, then the
script will be more aggressive about deciding there
is nothing to be done. This can be useful when
using nntpsend as a backup for a site fed by nnt-
plink.
-a -p -r -S -t -T
The ``-a'', ``-p'', ``-P'', ``-r'', ``-S'', ``-t'',
and ``-T'' flags are passed on to the child innxmit
program. See innxmit(8) for more details. 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 cron(8) invoke nntpsend with
this flag in case a site cannot be reached for an
extended period of time.
EXAMPLES
With the following control file:
nsavax:erehwon.nsavax.gov::-S -t60
group70:group70.org::
walldrug:walldrug.com:4m-1m:-T1800 -t300
kremvax:kremvax.cis:2m:
The command:
nntpsend
will result in the following:
Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags
nsavax (none) -a -S -t60
group70 (none) -a -t180
walldrug 1m if >4m -a -T1800 -t300
kremvax 2m -a -t180
The command:
nntpsend -d -T1200
will result in the following:
Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags
nsavax (none) -a -d -S -T1200 -t60
group70 (none) -a -d -T1200 -t180
walldrug 1m if >4m -a -d -T1200 -t300
kremvax 2m -a -d -T1200 -t180
The command:
nntpsend -s 5m -T1200 nsavax erehwon.nsavax.gov
group70 group70.org
will result in the following:
Sitename Truncation Innxmit flags
nsavax 5m -a -T1200 -t180
group70 5m -a -T1200 -t180
Remember that ``-a'' is always given, and ``-t'' defaults
to 180.
HISTORY
Written by Landon Curt Noll lt;chongo@toad.com and Rich
$alz lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net for InterNetNews. This is revi-
sion 1.9, dated 1996/10/29.
SEE ALSO
innxmit(1) newsfeeds(5) nntpsend.ctl(5) shrinkfile(1).