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.

       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.

OPTIONS

       -t seconds
              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.

       -T seconds
              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 each article is started; it will not
              abort a transfer that is in progress.

       -v     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.

       -D     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.

EXAMPLES

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

         nase\
           :*\
           :Tc,Wnb\
           :<pathbin in inn.conf>/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

         . <pathbin in inn.conf>/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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