snnewgroup.v0.3.8(8)snnewgroup.v0.3.8(8)NAMEsnnewgroup - create a new sn newsgroup
SYNOPSISsnnewgroup newsgroup [server] [port]
DESCRIPTIONsnnewgroup creates newsgroup assigning it an upstream NNTP server of
server:port. If port is not specified, defaults to 119. If server is
also not specified, newsgroup is created as a local group which is fed
only by articles POSTed to it.
You will need to be root or own /var/spool/news in order to add new
groups.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
SNROOT If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of
/var/spool/news, the default news spool directory.
FILES CREATED
/var/spool/news/newsgroup
Directory where articles will be stored.
/var/spool/news/newsgroup/.created
Empty file for the newsgroup creation time.
/var/spool/news/newsgroup/.serial
Where snget gets its idea of the new starting serial number for
newsgroup on server server:port. The value is initialized to 0.
/var/spool/news/newsgroup/.outgoing
If server is specified, is a symlink to /var/spool/news/.outgo‐
ing/server:port, which is a directory, created if it does not
already exist. If server is not specified, no file
/var/spool/news/newsgroup/.outgoing will be created. See also
snsend.
SEE ALSO
sndelgroup, snsend
N.B. Harold Tay snnewgroup.v0.3.8(8)