sndumpdb,v0.3.8(8) System Manager's Manual sndumpdb,v0.3.8(8)NAME
sndumpdb - dump contents of sn database.
SYNOPSIS
sndumpdb (no arguments)
DESCRIPTION
sndumpdb dumps the contents of the sn database (in no particular order) with one record per line, in the format
newsgroup id serial
where newsgroup is the newsgroup that article with message ID id can be found, with local serial number serial.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
SNROOT If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of /var/spool/sn, the default news spool directory.
FILES
The database files are /var/spool/sn/{.table,.chain,.newsgroup}.
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snfetch,v0.3.8(8) System Manager's Manual snfetch,v0.3.8(8)NAME
snfetch - fetch articles.
SYNOPSIS
snfetch [-r] [-t timeout] [-c depth] group [serial [max]]
DESCRIPTION
snfetch expects to read NNTP from file descriptor 6, and write NNTP to file descriptor 7, which descriptors must have already been open.
Articles retrieved are written to descriptor 1. Each article displayed is separated from the next by a dot on a line by itself. These
articles are NNTP safe, in the sense that double-dot unquoting is not done, and all lines end in CR-LF. snfetch expects to begin it's NNTP
speech by giving the GROUP command. The upstream server's greeting must have already been read some other way. Likewise, when snfetch is
done, it will not send a QUIT command.
The output is suitable for feeding to snstore.
snfetch always checks the article ID of the prospective article before retrieving it. If the ID already exists in the ID database, the
article will not be retrieved. Note that this does not guarantee that all articles retrieved will be unique.
snfetch does not guarantee to leave the NNTP conversation in a decent state (there might be more data to read, but snfetch aborted part
way).
You will need to be root or own /var/spool/sn in order to run this program.
It is not safe to direct the output of several snfetches to the same pipe descriptor, but a file descriptor is all right.
OPTIONS -t timeout
snfetch will wait only timeout seconds (default 180) for data before giving up, if the server doesn't respond.
-r Output in news batch format instead. All articles will take the #! rnews form only, even if there is just one article, all lines
end in bare linefeed, and dot-unquoting is performed.
-c depth
Employ a command pipeline of depth depth. NNTP command pipelining is not officially sanctioned, so by default no pipeline is used.
However, a pipeline with a depth greater than 0 will substantally reduce transaction latency if the server accepts it. A
respectable value for depth might be between 1 and 5.
ARGUMENTS
snfetch takes the name of a single newsgroup on its command line. If serial is given, this is taken to be the first article number on
group on the server to fetch. If max is specified, this is taken to be the maximum number of articles to fetch. The first article
retrieved may be after serial if max would be violated. If max is not specified, there is no limit.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
SNROOT If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of /var/spool/sn, the default news spool directory.
FILES
/var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.serial
If serial is not specified, the starting serial number is taken from the file /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.serial. This defaults to 0
if the file can't be read.
/var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.serial.tmp
If snfetch exits with success (0), the new serial is written into this file. The original file /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.serial is
readonly by snfetch.
/var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.max
If max is not specified on the command line, max is read from this file. If the file cannot be read or does not exist, there is no
limit.
EXIT CODES
snfetch exits 1 on usage error, 2 on system failure, 3 on protocol error, 4 on read timeout, and 0 on success.
SEE ALSO
snstore (8), snget (8)
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