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List of files that the sn package uses. Filenames here are relative
to SNROOT
File Type Read by Written by Description
---- ---- ------- ---------- -----------
/G/.compress ?plain text snstore you Whether compression
should be applied
to this group,
and for article
bodies of what size.
/G/.times !bin array snntpd snstore/ For NEWNEWS,
times_*() snexpire.
/G/.outgoing ?symlink/dir snpost, snntpd/ If dir, contains
or file snntpd do_post() articles to be sent
upstream. Else is
script or program,
run to dispatch POSTed
articles.
/G/.expire ?plain text snexpire you (optional) Contains
max age.
/G/.serial !plain text snget snget Next serial for
G's server.
/G/.serial.tmp
+plain text snget, snfetch If snfetch exits ok,
sngetd snget renames this to
.serial
/G/.max ?plain text snfetch, you Max. number of
snget, articles that can
sngetd be fetched at a time.
/G/.nopost ?empty snstore you Deny posting to
this group
/G/.created empty snntpd snnewgroup Creation time.
/G/.info ?plain text snntpd you Description of group
/.nopost ?empty snstore, you Disallows sitewide
snntpd posting.
/.table !struct dh_*() allo_*() Hash chain index
/.chain !binary dh_*() allo_*() Hash chains and
message IDs. Like
dbm's .pag and .dir
/.newsgroup !plain text dh_*() ng_*() Each line is a
group name
and group ident.
/.control ?file snntpd you Program or script
to handle control
messages POSTed.
/.outgoing dir snnewgroup Contains the
linked-to spool
dirs of individual
groups.
/.outgoing/server.add.ress:port
dir snpost snnewgroup Symlinked from
/G/.outgoing;
spooling directory
for this server.
/.outgoing/server.add.ress:port/$*
?+plain text snpost snntpd Outgoing articles.
/.outgoing/server.add.ress:port/request-*
?+plain text you/cron Files containing
arbitrary commands
for this server.
/.me ?plain text snntpd, you What the system's
snstore, name is. Otherwise,
snscan,sncat looks it up.
Notes:
All paths are relative to SNROOT, the spool directory.
/G/ represents a newsgroup directory.
For Type:
? is optional;
+ is transitory;
! is created if it doesn't exist;
otherwise, is required.
If /G/.outgoing is a (symlink to a) directory, implies G is a global
newsgroup, and articles posted to it are saved in this directory
before being sent upstream.
If /G/.outgoing is a (symlink to a) regular file, implies G is a
private newsgroup, and posting to it invokes "sh G/.outgoing" and
the article is NOT entered into the news spool.
If /G/.outgoing does not exist, implies G is a local newsgroup,
and all posts to it are entered into the spool immediately.
All metadata (everything but the articles) file names begin with a dot.
/.nopost is meant to disable entry of all articles into the spool,
perhaps because the spool is under reconstruction.
/G/.nopost is meant to disallow the NNTP POST command for that
group.
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