NEWSRC(5)                 FILE FORMATS                  NEWSRC(5)



NAME
     newsrc - information file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)

DESCRIPTION
     The .newsrc file contains the list of previously read  arti-
     cles and an optional options line for readnews(1) and check-
     news(1).  Each newsgroup that articles have been  read  from
     has a line of the form:

     newsgroup: range

     The range is a list of the articles read.  It is basically a
     list  of numbers separated by commas with sequential numbers
     collapsed with hyphens.  For instance:

     general: 1-78,80,85-90
     comp.laser-printers: 1-7
     news.misc: 1
     comp.ai! 1-5

     If the :  is replaced with an !  (as in comp.ai  above)  the
     newsgroup  is not subscribed to and will not be shown to the
     user.

     An  options  line  starts  with  the  word  options   (left-
     justified).  Then there are the list of options just as they
     would be on the readnews command line.  For instance:

     options -n all !net.sf-lovers !mod.human-nets -r
     options -c -r

     A string of lines beginning with a space or  tab  after  the
     initial options line will be considered continuation lines.

FILES
     ~/.newsrc                options and list of previously read
                              articles

SEE ALSO
     checknews(1), readnews(1), vnews(1)















Version B 2.11    Last change: October 19, 1986                 1