snnewgroup.v0.3.8(8)

📦 version 0.3.8, in debian bookworm, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 snnewgroup — create a new sn newsgroup 💖

okay bestie, so this is snnewgroup, and she lives in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual. her whole job? making brand new sn newsgroups. that's it. that's the gig. ✨

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

snnewgroup newsgroup [server] [port]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so like, snnewgroup creates a newsgroup, and it assigns that newsgroup an upstream NNTP server of server:port. periodt.

  • if you don't give a port? it defaults to 119. classic. 💅
  • if you don't give a server either? then newsgroup gets created as a local group, which is fed only by articles POSTed to it. she's independent. she's self-made. main character energy fr fr. 👑
⚠️ important bestie: you will need to be root, or you need to own /var/spool/sn, in order to add new groups. no sneaking in. 🙈

🌈 ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES 🌈

  • SNROOT — if this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of /var/spool/sn, which is the default news spool directory. basically she's like "okay we're not using the default spot today." iconic. 🎀

🎀 FILES CREATED 🎀

okay so here's everything she makes when you run her, no cap:

  • /var/spool/sn/newsgroup — the directory where articles will be stored. her little home. 🏠
  • /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.created — an empty file that holds the newsgroup creation time. a little timestamp baby. ⭐
  • /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.serial — this is where snget gets its idea of the new starting serial number for newsgroup on server server:port. the value is initialized to 0. 🍓
  • /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.outgoing — if server is specified, this is a symlink to /var/spool/sn/.outgoing/server:port, which is a directory, and it gets created if it does not already exist. but if server is not specified, then no file /var/spool/sn/newsgroup/.outgoing will be created. not me making a symlink that just doesn't exist sometimes 💀 see also snsend.

💜 SEE ALSO 💜

  • sndelgroup
  • snsend

✨ N.B. ✨

lowkey the most important note: this whole thing was written by Harold Tay, and this is version v0.3.8 of snnewgroup, hanging out in section 8 of the System Manager's Manual. 🫶

go forth and make groups bestie, you're literally going to slay 💅✨🌸

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