CVTBATCH(8) InterNetNews Documentation CVTBATCH(8)
NAME
cvtbatch - Convert Usenet batch files to INN format
SYNOPSIS
cvtbatch [-w items]
DESCRIPTION
cvtbatch reads standard input as a sequence of lines, converts each
line, and writes it to standard output. It is used to convert simple
batch files that contain just the storage API token of an article to
INN batch files that contain additional information about each article.
Each line is taken as a storage API token indicating a Usenet article.
Only the first word of each line is parsed; anything following
whitespace is ignored. Lines not starting with a valid token are also
silently ignored.
If the input file consists of a series of message-IDs, then use
grephistory with the -s flag piped into cvtbatch.
OPTIONS
-w items
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 the article in bytes.
f Storage API token of the article (same as "n").
m Article message-ID.
n Storage API token of the article.
t Arrival time of the article as seconds since epoch.
The default is "nm", that is to say the storage API token followed
by the message-ID of the article.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Converted
to POD by Julien Elie.
$Id: cvtbatch.pod 8704 2009-11-03 18:51:44Z iulius $
SEE ALSO
grephistory(1), newsfeeds(5).
INN 2.6.4 2015-09-20 CVTBATCH(8)