NAME

     newsrequeue - tool to rewrite batchfiles.

SYNOPSIS

     newsrequeue [ -a active ] [ -h history ] [ -d days ] [ -l  ]
     [ -n newsfeeds ] [ input ]

DESCRIPTION

     Newsrequeue can be used to rewrite batchfiles after a system
     crash.   It  operates  in  two modes.  In the first mode, it
     first reads the active (5) and newsfeeds(5) files to  deter-
     mine  where  the different newsgroups are to be distributed.
     It then opens the history  database.   Once  the  files  are
     opened,  newsrequeue reads from the specified input file, or
     standard input if no file is specified.   Each  line  should
     have  a single Message-ID, surrounded in angle brackets; any
     other text on the line is ignored.  For example, the history
     file  (or  trailing subset of it) is acceptable input to the
     program operating in this mode.

     Newsrequeue uses the first two fields of the newsfeed  entry
     -  the sitename and the excludes field, and the patterns and
     distribs field.  It ignores all flags  in  the  third  field
     except  for  the  ``N''  field,  and also ignores the fourth
     field altogether.

     The output of newsrequeue consists  of  one  line  for  each
     article  that  should be forwarded.  Each such line contains
     the Message-ID, the filename, and the  list  of  sites  that
     should receive the article.  The output is suitable for pip-
     ing into filechan(8).

     The second mode is used if the ``-l''  flag  is  given.   In
     this  mode, it reads from the specified input file, or stan-
     dard input if no file is specified.  Each line  should  look
     like  an  innd  log  entry.   It parses entries for accepted
     articles, looks up the Message-ID in the history database to
     get the filename, and then scans the list of sites.

OPTIONS

     -a   To specify alternate locations for the active file, use
          the ``-a'' flag.

     -n   Use the ``-n'' flag to specify  an  alternate  location
          for the newsfeeds(8) file.

     -h   Use the ``-h'' flag to specify a different location for
          the history database,

     -d   If the ``-d'' flag is used,  then  only  articles  that
          were  received within the specified number of days will
          be processed.

     -l   Read innd type log entries instead  of  a  history-file
          like entries.

HISTORY

     Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for  InterNetNews.
     This is revision 1.2, dated 1996/10/29.

SEE ALSO

     active(5),  ctlinnd(8),  dbz(3),  filechan(8),   history(5),
     innd(8), newsfeeds(5), makeactive(8), makehistory(8).