GETACTIVE(1) USER COMMANDS GETACTIVE(1)
NAME
getactive - retrieve the active file from the remote news
server
SYNOPSIS
/usr/local/lib/rn/getactive filename
DESCRIPTION
Getactive retrieves the newsgroup ``active file'' (which
contains the list of all known newsgroups and their high/low
message numbers) from the news server on a remote machine
and places it in filename.
The normal use is in support of shell scripts (such as news-
groups or newsetup ) which have been taken from existing
software, such as rn. When used in such scripts, the active
file is usually retrieved into a temporary file such as
/tmp/active.$$, and should be deleted before the shell
script exits.
The active file is retrieved from the machine listed in the
file SERVERFILE, which is defined by the constant
SERVER_FILE in common/conf.h in thef NNTP source directory.
The environment variable NNTPSERVER can be used to override
this choice.
AUTHOR
Phil Lapsley
Amiga Unix Last change: 8 July 1987 1