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136 lines
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.TH NNTPFS 4
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.SH NAME
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nntpfs \- network news transport protocol (NNTP) file system
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B nntpfs
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[
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.B -a
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]
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[
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.B -s
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.I service
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]
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[
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.B -m
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.I mountpoint
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]
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[
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.I system
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]
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.I Nntpfs
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dials the TCP network news transport protocol (NNTP)
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port, 119, on
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.I system
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(default
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.BR '$nntp' )
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and presents at
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.I mountpoint
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(default
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.BR /mnt/news )
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a file system corresponding to the
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news articles stored on
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.IR system .
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.PP
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If the
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.B -s
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option is given, the file system is posted as
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.BI /srv/ service \fR.
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If the
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.B -a
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option is given,
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.I nntpfs
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authenticates to the system with a user name and password
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obtained from
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.IR factotum (4).
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The key specifier is
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.IP
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.B
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proto=pass service=nntp server=\fIserver\fR user? !password?
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.PP
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The file system contains a directory per newsgroup,
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with dots turned into slashes, e.g.,
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.B comp/os/plan9
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for
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.BR comp.os.plan9 .
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Each newsgroup directory contains one
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numbered directory per article.
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The directories follow the numbering used by
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the server.
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Each article directory contains three files:
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.BR article ,
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.BR header ,
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and
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.BR body .
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The
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.B article
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file contains the full text of the article,
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while
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.B header
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and
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.B body
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contain only the header or body.
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.PP
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Each newsgroup directory contains a
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write-only
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.B post
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file that may be used to post news articles.
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RFC1036-compliant articles should be written to it.
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The
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.B post
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file will only exist in a given newsgroup directory
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if articles are allowed to be posted to it.
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Other than that, the
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.B post
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file is
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.I not
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tied to its directory's newsgroup.
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The groups to which articles are eventually posted
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are determined by the
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.B newsgroups:
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header lines in the posted article,
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not by the location of the
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.B post
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file in the file system.
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.PP
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The qid version of a newsgroup directory
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is the largest numbered article directory it
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contains (~0, if there are no articles).
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.PP
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The modification time on a newsgroup
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directory is the last time a new article was recorded
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during this
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.I nntpfs
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session.
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To force a check for new articles,
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.IR stat (2)
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the newsgroup directory.
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.PP
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To force a check for new newsgroups,
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.IR stat (2)
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the root directory.
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Note that this causes the entire list of groups,
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which can be about a megabyte,
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to be transferred.
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.PP
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To terminate the connection,
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.B unmount
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the mount point.
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.PP
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.I Nntpfs
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makes no effort to send ``keepalives'' so that
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servers do not hang up on it.
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Instead, it redials as necessary when hangups are detected.
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.SH EXAMPLE
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Authenticate to a private news server:
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.IP
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.EX
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% echo key proto=pass service=nntp server=nose.mit.edu \e
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user=rsc !password=secret >/mnt/factotum/ctl
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% nntpfs -a nose.mit.edu
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.EE
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.SH SOURCE
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.B /sys/src/cmd/nntpfs.c
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.SH BUGS
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Directories are presented for deleted articles;
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the files in them cannot be opened.
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