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INNXBATCH(8)
NAME
  innxbatch - send xbatched Usenet articles to a remote NNTP server

SYNOPSIS
  innxbatch [ -D ] [ -t timeout ] [ -T timeout ] [ -v ] host file ...

DESCRIPTION
  Innxbatch connects to the NNTP server at the specified host and sends it
  the specified xbatch files, using the XBATCH extension to the NNTP
  protocol. It is normally invoked by a script run out of cron(8) that uses
  shlock(1) to lock the host name, followed by a ctlinnd(8) command to flush
  the batchfile.

  Innxbatch normally blocks until the connection is made.  To specify a
  timeout on how long to try to make the connection, use the ``-t'' flag.
  To specify the total amount of time that should be allowed for article
  transfers, use the ``-T'' flag.
  The default is to wait until an I/O error occurs, or all the articles have
  been transferred. If the ``-T'' flag is used, the time is checked just
  before an article is started; it will not abort a transfer that is in
  progress. Both values are measured in seconds.

  Each file is removed after it has been successfully transferred.

  If a communication error such as a write(2) failure, or an unexpected reply
  from the remote server occurs, innxbatch will stop sending and leave all
  remaining files untouched for later retry.

  Upon exit, innxbatch reports transfer and CPU usage statistics via
  syslog(3).  If the ``-v'' flag is used, they will also be printed on the
  standard output.

  Use the ``-D'' flag to print debugging information on standard error.	 This
  will show the protocol transactions between innxbatch and the NNTP server
  on the remote host.

  A sample newsfeeds(5) entry to produce appropriate xbatch files (thanks to
  Karsten Leipold <poldi@dfn.de>):

    nase\
      :*\
      :Tc,Wnb\
      :<PREFIX specified with --prefix at configure>/batcher \
	 -p "(<$ac_cv_path_COMPRESS in config.cache> >\
	 <pathoutgoing in inn.conf>/nase.\$\$)" \
	 nase.do.main

  A sample script to invoke innxbatch(8) is:

    #!/bin/sh
    ##	SH script to send xbatches for a site, wrapped around innxbatch
    ##	Invocation:
    ##	   sendxbatches.sh <sitename> <hostname> <xbatch file name> ...

    if [ $# -le 3 ]
    then
	  echo "usage: $0 <sitename> <hostname> <xbatch file name>"
	  exit 1
    fi

    . <PREFIX specified with --prefix at configure>/innshellvars

    site="$1"; host="$2"; shift; shift

    ctlinnd flush "$site" \
    && sleep 5 \
    && exec $NEWSBIN/innxbatch -v -D "$host" $*

HISTORY
  Written by Stefan Petri <petri@ibr.cs.tu-bs.de>, modelled after innxmit(8)
  and the XBATCH patch for the nntp reference implementation.

SEE ALSO
  ctlinnd(8), inn.conf(5), innd(8), innxmit(8), newsfeeds(5), nntpsend(8),
  shlock(1).

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