getactive(1) — Dell System V Release 4 Issue 2.2



GETACTIVE(1)              UNIX System V(8 July 1987)               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 newsgroups 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






























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