NNTPGET(1)

NAME
nntpget - get news article batch via network news transfer protocol (NNTP)

SYNOPSIS
nntpget [ -t ] [ -d ] [ -p port ] [ -D debugfile ] hostname [ message-id ... ]

DESCRIPTION
Nntpget takes a list of news article message-ids on the command line or on stdin, contacts the NNTP daemon on hostname and requests the news by the Network News Transfer Protocol (RFC977). It writes out the articles on stdout as a batch, which can be fed to relaynews(8).

OPTIONS

-t  nntpget spools received articles as batches in $NEWARTS/in.coming.

-d  Turns on debugging. Multiple -d options may be given, each increases the verbosity of the tracing.

-D debugfile
    Directs debugging to the specified file.

-p port
    Specifies the TCP port to use. This may be either a port number or a service name. By default, it uses the service nntp (usually found on port 119).

FILES
NEWSARTS/in.coming/nntp.XXXXXX
    accumulating batch file
NEWSARTS/in.coming/NNNNNNNNN.t
    completed batch file for newsrun

SEE ALSO
news(5), newsaux(8), relaynews(8), rnews(8)
Internet RFC 977

HISTORY
Written at the University of Toronto by Mark Moraes.

BUGS
Doesn't check if local site already has the articles by history file lookup.