---
name: "papercut"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "papercut"
version: "0.9.13-7"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/papercut"
---

# papercut(1)

simple and extensible NNTP server

## NAME

papercut - simple and extensible NNTP server

## SYNOPSIS

**papercut** \[\[-f\] \| \[--foreground\]\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **papercut** command.

This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**papercut** is a simple NNTP server. Its main objective is to integrate existing web based message board software with an Usenet front-end.

However, using Python, new article containers can be added to store and retrieve messages from various source and formats.

Please note that Papercut is only a NNTP server, not a full-featured news transport system. It does not handle newsfeeding or other usual news software features.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-´). A summary of options is included below.

- **-h** **--help**

  Show summary of options.

- **--version**

  Show version of program.

- **-f** **--foreground**

  Do not fork and run the process in background.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Jeremy Bobbio \<jeremy.bobbio@etu.upmc.fr\> for the Debian system (but may be used by others). Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License, Version 2 any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

On Debian systems, the complete text of the GNU General Public License can be found in /usr/share/common-licenses/GPL.

## AUTHOR

**Jeremy Bobbio**

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  Author.

## COPYRIGHT

Copyright © 2005 Jeremy Bobbio\