EXPLODE
Section: Misc. Reference Manual Pages (8CN)
Updated: 28 Aug 1994
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NAME
explode - expand a relaynews master batch file into all the ordinary batch files implied
SYNOPSIS
explode
[ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Explode
reads a master batch file produced by
relaynews(8CN)
and writes all the plain batch files
described therein.
Explode
should be run in
/var/news,
since the input file will almost certainly
contain path names relative to
/var/news.
The format of the input file(s) is
# optional comments
<82756@uunet.uu.net> news/admin/12435 2097
F out.going/site1/togo
f /var/news/out.going/site2/togo
n out.nntp/site3
I out.going/site4.wehave/togo
where
2097
is the article size in bytes,
and
where
there is one
<message-id>
line per article and an
F,
f,
n
or
I
line
per site getting that article.
SEE ALSO
news(5),
newsbatch(8CN),
relaynews(8CN)
HISTORY
Written by Geoff Collyer
at Software Tool & Die.
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