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.TH SLRNPULL 8
.SH NAME
slrnpull \- download news into slrn news spool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B slrnpull
.I "[-h hostname] [-d spooldir] [--expire] [--post] [--new-groups]"
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
Slrn is capable of allowing a user to read news offline.
This is accomplished by using slrn in conjunction with the the
.BR slrnpull
program. Basically,
.BR slrnpull
pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server which slrn will
subsequently read.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-d spooldir
Specify the directory to download news into. Default is /var/spool/slrnpull.
.TP
.B \-h hostname
Specify the name of the NNTP server that will be used for pulling the news
feed. If not specified, the value of the NNTPSERVER variable is used.
.TP
.B \--expire
Run in expire mode. No attempt will be made to download news.
.TP
.B \--post
Post any out-going articles, but do not attempt to download any new articles
from the server.
.TP
.B \--new-groups
Query the server to see if there are any new groups.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.I /usr/share/doc/slrnpull/README.gz
explains slrnpull in more detail.
.SH AUTHOR
This manual page was written by Joey Hess,
for the Debian GNU/Linux system.
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