NNPOST(1) UNIX System V (Release 6.5) NNPOST(1)
NAME
nnpost - post news articles (nn)
SYNOPSIS
nnpost [ -dksy string ] [ -f file ] [ -p ] [ group... ]
DESCRIPTION
nnpost is used to post new articles using nn's normal
interface, but without entering nn in reading mode.
When started, it reads the init file and then directly
executes nn's :post command.
It will prompt for a (comma-separated) list of news groups,
the article subject, a list of keywords, a summary, and the
distribution of the article. Each of these prompts can also
be supplied via command line options or arguments as
described below.
When prompted for the "Newsgroup:", entering a ? as the
first key will cause nnpost to list all the known news
groups and their purpose (if this information is available).
You can also enter / followed by a word or regular
expression which will cause nnpost to produce a (much)
shorter listing only containing the groups whose name and/or
purpose description matches the regular expression. When
paging through either list, you can enter q to quit the
listing.
If a source file is specified with -f it will be used as the
initial article body. If the -p option is also specified,
the article is posted directly without editing.
nnpost can be used to do unattended postings if sufficient
arguments are provided on the command line to build the
header and the body of the article. The required arguments
are: one or more newsgroups, a subject (-s), a source file
(-f), a distribution (-d), and the -p option. Other fields
which are not specified (e.g. keywords) will not be included
in the header. The contents of the news-header variable in
the init file will be included in the header.
OPTIONS
-d distribution
Use the specified distribution for the article.
-k "keywords"
Associate the specified keywords with the article.
-s "subject"
Use the specified subject for the new article.
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Include the given summary in the article header.
-f file
Read the article body from the specified file.
-p Post the article specified with -f without editing.
FILES
~/.nn/init The control variables for nnpost.
SEE ALSO
nn(1)
AUTHOR
Kim F. Storm, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark
E-mail: storm@texas.dk
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