NAME
slrnpull - download news into slrn news spool
SYNOPSIS
slrnpull [-h hostname] [-d spooldir] [--expire] [--post] [--new-groups]
DESCRIPTION
Slrn is capable of allowing a user to read news offline. This is accomplished by using slrn in conjunction with the the slrnpull program. Basically, slrnpull pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server which slrn will subsequently read.
OPTIONS
- -d spooldir
-
Specify the directory to download news into. Default is /var/spool/slrnpull.
- -h hostname
-
Specify the name of the NNTP server that will be used for pulling the news feed. If not specified, the value of the NNTPSERVER variable is used.
- --expire
-
Run in expire mode. No attempt will be made to download news.
- --post
-
Post any out-going articles, but do not attempt to download any new articles from the server.
- --new-groups
-
Query the server to see if there are any new groups.
SEE ALSO
/usr/share/doc/slrnpull/README.gz explains slrnpull in more detail.
AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Joey Hess, for the Debian GNU/Linux system.