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INNCONFVAL(1)						      General Commands Manual						     INNCONFVAL(1)

NAME

       innconfval - get an InterNetNews configuration parameter

SYNOPSIS

       innconfval [ -c ] [ -f ] [ -i path_to_innconf ] [ -p ] [ -s ] [ -t ] [ -v ] [ parameter...  ]

DESCRIPTION

       Innconfval  prints  the	values	of  the  parameters specified on the command line.  Values are retrieved from the inn.conf(5) file and are
       described there except for ``version''.	``Version'' cannot be set at inn.conf(5) and retrieved from  INNVersion()  in  libinn(3).   If	no
       parameters are specified, all the parameters and values are printed on separate lines.  This is most useful with the other options for set-
       ting up assignment of variables.

OPTIONS

       -c     Print values as csh set commands

       -f     Values are retrieved by using the GetFileConfigValue if the ``-f'' flag is used. Otherwise the GetConfigValue routine is used.  Both
	      are described in libinn(3).

       -i     Values are read from the specified file. This overrides the compile time default for inn.conf(5)

       -p     Print values as perl assignment commands

       -s     Print values as shell set commands

       -t     Print values as tcl assignment commands

       -v     Print inn version

HISTORY

       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revision 1.3.4.1, dated 2000/08/17.

SEE ALSO

       libinn(3), inn.conf(5).

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DISTRIB.PATS(5) 						File Formats Manual						   DISTRIB.PATS(5)

NAME

       distrib.pats - default values for Usenet Distribution header

DESCRIPTION

       The  file <pathetc in inn.conf>/distrib.pats is used to determine the default value of the Distribution header.	It consists of a series of
       lines; blank lines and lines beginning with a number sign (``#'') are ignored.  All other lines consist of  three  fields  separated  by  a
       colon:
	      weight:pattern:value

       The  first  field  is the weight to assign to this match.  If a newsgroup matches multiple lines, the line with the highest weight is used.
       This should be an arbitrary number greater than zero.  Unlike other INN files, the order of lines in this file is not important.

       The second field is the name of the newsgroup or a wildmat(3)-style pattern to specify a set of	newsgroups.   Multiple	patterns  are  not
       allowed.

       The third field is the value that should be used if this line is picked as the best match.  It can be an empty string.

       Programs such as inews(1) that process a user's posting should consult this file, typically by using the DDxxx routines, documented in lib-
       inn(3).	The intent is that all newsgroups to which an article is posted be used to index into this file, and the value	with  the  highest
       weight should be used as the value of the Distribution header, if none was specified.

HISTORY

       Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews.  This is revision 1.6, dated 1998/05/20.

SEE ALSO

       inews(1), inn.conf(5), libinn(3).

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