NAME

     cvtbatch - convert Usenet batch file to INN format

SYNOPSIS

     cvtbatch [ -w items ]

DESCRIPTION

     Cvtbatch reads standard input as a series of lines, converts
     each  line, and writes it to standard output.  It is used to
     convert simple batchfiles that contain just the article name
     to  INN batchfiles that contain additional information about
     each article.

     Each line is taken as the pathname to a Usenet article.   If
     it  is not an absolute pathname, it is taken relative to the
     spool directory, /news.  (Only the first word of  each  line
     is parsed; anything following whitespace is ignored.)

OPTIONS

     -w   The ``-w'' flag specifies how each output  line  should
          be  written.   The items for this flag should be chosen
          from the ``W'' flag items as specified in newsfeeds(5).
          They may be chosen from the following set:
               b    Size of article in bytes
               f    full pathname of article
               m    article message-id
               n    relative pathname of article

     If the input file consists of a series of Message-ID's, then
     use grephistory(1) with the ``-s'' flag piped into cvtbatch.

HISTORY

     Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for  InterNetNews.
     This is revision 1.4, dated 1996/10/29.

SEE ALSO

     grephistory(1) newsfeeds(5).