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Binbot Binary Newsreader 2.0b3 (Default branch)
03-07-2008
Binbot is an easy-to-use newsreader fordownloading binaries from Usenet. It was designedto browse large binary newsgroups efficiently, andto download huge files quickly. It supports allcommon article encodings, multiple servers, andNZB files. It also includes built-in access toWeb-based Usenet search engines, and automaticunrar, unzip, and unsplit capabilities.License: Other/Proprietary License with Free TrialChanges:|
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touch_newsgroup(1) General Commands Manual touch_newsgroup(1) NAME
touch_newsgroup - force leafnode to continue reading low-traffic newsgroups SYNOPSIS
touch_newsgroup [-f groupsfile] [-h hostname] [-v] [newsgroups] DESCRIPTION
touch_newsgroup is a Perl script which reads the last article in the specified newsgroups on the specified using NNTP. This prevents leafnode or similar news-servers from marking those newsgroups as inactive because no-one is reading them. Perl and the Net::NNTP module are required to use this program. On Debian systems these are avalible in the perl5 and libnet-perl pack- ages. OPTIONS
-f groupsfile Read newsgroup names from groupsfile in addition to any specified on command line. Use -f - to read from stdin. -h hostname Read newsgroups on host hostname (default 127.0.0.1) -v Be verbose. Prints the number of the article it reads from each newsgroup. newsgroups names of newsgroups to read. May be omitted if a groupsfile is specified. ENVIRONMENT
Requires Net::NNTP module (available in libnet from CPAN or the libnet-perl package). On Debian systems, this program will by default be run daily on the list of newsgroups specified in /etc/news/leafnode/touch_groups if that file exists. LIMITATIONS
Only one news-server is catered for, the IP address of which is hard-wired into the script as $nntp_host. BUGS
dies if it encounters any problems. AUTHOR
Copyright 1999 Jim Nicholson <j.nicholson@computer.org> SEE ALSO
leafnode(8) 18 June 1999 touch_newsgroup(1)