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WAFFLE 1.64 ENHANCED BATCH PROGRAM (rev A) -- 7-Aug-91
This BATCH is an enhancement from the program delivered with
the 1.64 version of Waffle. When 1.65 is released, throw this away
and use the 1.65 batch (which will support the same options).
Enhanced batch features:
o Limits may be placed on the size of
batches transmitted to other sites.
o A nicer way of sending a newsgroup to
individuals through mail.
o Improved error checking and handling,
including more specific exit codes.
Copyright (C) 1991 Thomas E Dell, All rights reserved.
This software may not be sold or included in other products without express
written permission, and must be distributed unmodified with this document.
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Command line arguments for the enhanced BATCH command:
-s(site) Create batches for a given site only.
By default, batches for all sites are created.
-l(limit) Batch limit guideline, in bytes.
After a batched group of articles
exceeds this size (before compression), a
new batch is started.
This isn't a limit on the actual sizes of
the batches, though.
Minimum -l is 32000. Default is 100000.
NOTE: Use of -l does not stop articles larger
from this limit from being batched.
-u(user) Set username for UUCP queue.
By default, this is set to "news". There is
seldom any need to change this.
-m(address) Send articles through mail.
See the except from RNEWS.DOC at
the end of this file.
-m must be specified in conjunction with -s.
Exit codes for the enhanced BATCH command:
0 Successful, articles batched
1 Successful, no articles batched
2 Command line usage error
3 Configuration error
4 Error starting subprocess
5 Out of disk space, or error writing file
Status codes above 1 indicate an error condition.
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An excerpt from RNEWS.DOC:
o Sending a newsfeed over an E-Mail link
Occasionally someone will have an account on a machine with
no access to news or to a particular newsgroup. It is sometimes
desirable to E-Mail individual articles to that person.
In this example assume Witzleben@lugnut.com wishes to be
sent rec.humor.funny through E-Mail. Place a line in the feeds
file \WAFFLE\SYSTEM\FEEDS similar to
witz /batch=mail rec.humor.funny
This will "prequeue" a list of articles in \SPOOL\MAIL\WITZ.
Articles can then be sent out by issuing the command
batch -switz -mWitzleben@lugnut.com
Note that both -s(site) and -m(address) are required.
We do not recommend heavy use of this feature, since sending
usenet through the mail is *very* inefficient. Feeding anyone
more than one or two groups is generally a bad idea.
It is a good idea to obtain permission of intermediate sites
before feeding significant amounts (either in size or number)
of Usenet news through mail.
--
dell@vox.darkside.com
(C) Copyright 1991 Darkside International