man explode () - expand a relaynews master batch file into all the ordinary batch files implied
NAME
explode - expand a relaynews master batch file into all the ordinary batch files implied
SYNOPSIS
explode [ file ... ]
DESCRIPTION
Explode reads a master batch file produced by relaynews(8CN) and writes all the plain batch files described therein. Explode should be run in a, since the input file will almost certainly contain path names relative to a.
The format of the input file(s) is
# optional comments <82756@uunet.uu.net> news/admin/12435 2097 F out.going/site1/togo f a/out.going/site2/togo n out.nntp/site3 I out.going/site4.wehave/togo
where 2097 is the article size in bytes, and where there is one <message-id> line per article and an F, f, n or I line per site getting that article.
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Written by Geoff Collyer at Software Tool & Die.