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TESTHOST

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NAME

testhost - test the status of an NNTP news server

SYNOPSIS

testhosthostname[-a|-ndate time][-s|-Sfilename][-e|-Efilename][-Nport_number][-Uuserid][-Ppassword][-lphrase_file][-Ttimeout][-d][-q]

OPTIONS

-a Get the active list from hostname

-d

This option tells testhost get the descriptions of the newsgroups on theremote server by sending the 'list newsgroups' command. The remote servermay or may not support this command.

-e | -E filename

These options will send all error messages (normally displayed on stderr), to an alternate file. The lower case version, -e, will send the error messagesto the compiled-in default defined in suck_config.h. The default is suck.errlog.The upper case version, -E, requires the filename parameter. All error messageswill then be sent to this file.

-l phrase_file

This option tells testhost to load in an alternate phrase file, instead of usingthe built-in messages. This allows you to have testhost print phrases in anotherlanguage, or to allow you to customize the messages without re-building.See the "FOREIGN LANGUAGE PHRASES" in suck.1 for more details.

-n date time

Get the newgroups created on the host since the date andtime specified. The date must be in YYMMDD format and the time must be inHHMMSS format.

-N port_number

This option will tell testhost to use an alternate NNRP port number when connectingto the host, instead of the default, 119.

-q

This option tells testhost to not display the connection and announcement messages,rather only display the results of the actual command run.

-s | -S filename

These options will send all status messages (normally displayed on stdout), toan alternate file. The lower case version, -s, will send the status messagesto the compiled-in default defined in suck_config.h. The default is /dev/null,so no status messages will be displayed. The upper case version, -S, requiresthe filename parameter. All status messages will then be sent to this file.

-T

This option overrides the compiled-in TIMEOUT value. This is how long testhostwaits for data from the remote host before timing out and aborting.

-U userid

-P password

These two options let you specify a userid and password, if your NNTP serverrequires them.

DESCRIPTION

Testhostwill query a NNTP news server, specified byhostname.The default action is to issue the helpcommand to the server, to see what software it is runningand what commands it accepts.

If the-aoption is used, testhost will display the server'sactive history list. If the -n date timeoption is used, testhost will display all new groups created on the serversince the date and time specified.

EXIT VALUES

0 on success, -1 on failure.

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