


CVTBATCH(8)                                           CVTBATCH(8)


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       cvtbatch - convert Usenet batch file to INN format

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       _c_v_t_b_a_t_c_h [ --ww _i_t_e_m_s ]

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       _C_v_t_b_a_t_c_h  reads  standard input as a series of lines, con-
       verts each line, and writes it to standard output.  It  is
       used  to  convert  simple batchfiles that contain just the
       article name to INN  batchfiles  that  contain  additional
       information about each article.

       Each  line  is  taken as the pathname to a Usenet article.
       If it is not an absolute pathname, it is taken relative to
       the  spool  directory,  _/_u_s_r_/_s_p_o_o_l_/_n_e_w_s.   (Only the first
       word of each line is parsed; anything following whitespace
       is ignored.)

       The  ``-w''  flag specifies how each output line should be
       written.  The items for this flag should  be  chosen  from
       the  ``W''  flag items as specified in _n_e_w_s_f_e_e_d_s(5).  They
       may be chosen from the following set:
                   b    Size of article in bytes
                   f    full pathname of article
                   m    article message-id
                   n    relative pathname of article

       If the input file consists of a  series  of  Message-ID's,
       then  use  _g_r_e_p_h_i_s_t_o_r_y(1)  with the ``-s'' flag piped into
       _c_v_t_b_a_t_c_h.

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       Written by Rich $alz  <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>  for  InterNet-
       News.  This is revision 1.2, dated 1992/09/14.

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