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NNTPGET(1)					       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  <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>  for	InterNet
       News.  This is revision 1.2, dated 1998/01/28.

SEE ALSO
       innd(8).

						       NNTPGET(1)

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