NAME
nntplist - obtain newsgroup list and other information from an NNTP
server
SYNOPSIS
nntplist [-x WildSpec] [-o OutputFile] [type]
DESCRIPTION
nntplist provides a convenient interface to the ’LIST’ command of an
NNTP server, allowing the downloading of information such as lists of
newsgroups. It is in fact mostly intended to be used internally by
various shell scripts which are in turn used by the trn(1) newsreader.
OPTIONS
-x WildSpec
This option allows a wildcard specification to be passed to the
server to limit the amount of information produced.
-o OutputFile
This option specifies an output file into which the data from
the server is saved. If this option is not given, the default is
to write the data to standard output.
type This specifies the type of information to be obtained from the
server. It can be any of the LIST command arguments your server
accepts. If type is not specified it defaults to ACTIVE.
EXAMPLES
nntplist -x ’alt.*’
This lists all the alt. newsgroups your newsserver currently
handles (ie those in its active file).
AUTHOR
Stan Barber was the original author of nntplist.
Peter Maydell <pmaydell@chiark.greenend.org.uk> wrote this manual page.
SEE ALSO
newsgroups(1), trn(1)