NAME

newsrc − information file for readnews(1) and checknews(1)

DESCRIPTION

The .newsrc file contains the list of previously read articles and an optional options line for readnews(1) and checknews(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