NNTPGET(1)

NAME
       nntpget - get Usenet articles from a remote NNTP server

SYNOPSIS
       nntpget  [  -d  dist  ] [ -f file ] [ -n newsgroups ] [ -t
       timestring ] [ -o ] [ -u file ] [ -v ] host

DESCRIPTION
       Nntpget connects to the NNTP server at the specified  host
       and  retrieves  articles  from it. The Message-ID's of the
       desired articles are read from standard input.  The  arti-
       cles are sent to standard output.

OPTIONS
       -o     The  ``-o''  option may be used only if the command
              is executed on the host where the innd(8) server is
              running.   If this option is used, nntpget connects
              to the specified remote host to retrieve  articles.
              Any  article  not  present  in  the  local  history
              database is then fetched from the remote  site  and
              offered to the local server.

       -v     If the ``-v'' option is used with the ``-o'' option
              then the Message-ID of each article will be sent to
              standard output as it is processed.

       -f     The  list  of article Message-ID's is normally read
              from standard input.  If the ``-f'' option is used,
              then  a ``newnews'' command is used to retrieve all
              articles newer then the modification  date  of  the
              specified file.

       -u     The  ``-u''  option  is the same except that if the
              transfer succeeded, the file will be updated with a
              statistics line, modifying its timestamp so that it
              can be used in later invocations.

       -t     If the ``-t'' option is used,  then  the  specified
              timestring  is  used as the time and date parameter
              to the ``newnews'' command.

       -n     If either the ``-t'' or ``-f''  options  are  used,
              then  the  ``-n''  option  may be used to specify a
              newsgroup list. The default is ``*''

       -d     The ``-d'' option may be used to specify a  distri-
              bution   list  when  using  the  ``-t''  or  ``-f''
              options.  The default is no distribution list.

HISTORY
       Written by Rich $alz  lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net  for  InterNet-
       News.  This is revision 1.10, dated 1996/10/29.

SEE ALSO
       innd(8).