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NNPOST(1)                              General Commands Manual                             NNPOST(1)



NAME
       nnpost - post news articles (nn)

SYNOPSIS
       nnpost [ -dksy string ] [ -f file ] [ -p ] [ group... ]

DESCRIPTION
       nnpost  is  used to post new articles using nn's normal interface, but without entering nn in
       reading mode.

       When started, it reads the init file and then directly executes nn's :post command.

       It will prompt for a (comma-separated) list of news groups, the article subject,  a  list  of
       keywords,  a summary, and the distribution of the article.  Each of these prompts can also be
       supplied via command line options or arguments as described below.

       When prompted for the "Newsgroup:", entering a ? as the first key will cause nnpost  to  list
       all the known news groups and their purpose (if this information is available).  You can also
       enter / followed by a word or regular expression which will cause nnpost to produce a  (much)
       shorter  listing only containing the groups whose name and/or purpose description matches the
       regular expression.  When paging through either list, you can enter q to quit the listing.

       If a source file is specified with -f it will be used as the initial article body.  If the -p
       option is also specified, the article is posted directly without editing.

       nnpost can be used to do unattended postings if sufficient arguments are provided on the com‐
       mand line to build the header and the body of the article.  The required arguments  are:  one
       or  more  newsgroups, a subject (-s), a source file (-f), a distribution (-d), and the -p op‐
       tion.  Other fields which are not specified (e.g. keywords)  will  not  be  included  in  the
       header.   The  contents  of the news-header variable in the init file will be included in the
       header.

OPTIONS
       -d distribution
              Use the specified distribution for the article.

       -k "keywords"
              Associate the specified keywords with the article.

       -s "subject"
              Use the specified subject for the new article.

       -y "summary"
              Include the given summary in the article header.

       -f file
              Read the article body from the specified file.

       -p     Post the article specified with -f without editing.

FILES
       ~/.nn/init   The control variables for nnpost.

SEE ALSO
       nn(1)

AUTHOR
       Kim F. Storm, Texas Instruments A/S, Denmark
       E-mail: storm AT texas.dk




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