OVERVIEW.FMT(5)

NAME
       overview.fmt - format of news overview database

DESCRIPTION
       The file /etc/news/overview.fmt specifies the organization
       of the news overview  database.   Blank  lines  and  lines
       beginning  with  a  number  sign (``#'') are ignored.  The
       order of lines in this file is  important;  it  determines
       the order in which the fields will appear in the database.

       Most lines will consist of an article header name, option-
       ally  followed  by  a  colon.  A trailing set of lines can
       have the word ``full'' appear after the colon; this  indi-
       cates  that the header should appear as well as its value.

       If this file  is  changed,  it  is  usually  necessary  to
       rebuild the existing overview database using expireover(8)
       after removing all existing overview files.

       The default file, show below,  is  compatible  with  Geoff
       Collyer's ``nov'' package:
              Subject:
              From:
              Date:
              Message-ID:
              References:
              Bytes:
              Lines:
              ##  Some newsreaders get better performance if Xref is present
              #Xref:full

HISTORY
       Written  by  Rich  $alz lt;rsalz@uunet.uu.net for InterNet-
       News.  Intended to be  compatible  with  the  nov  package
       written  by  Geoff Collyer lt;geoff@world.std.com.  This is
       revision 1.6, dated 1996/09/06.