This is the command touch_newsgroup that can be run in the OnWorks free hosting provider using one of our multiple free online workstations such as Ubuntu Online, Fedora Online, Windows online emulator or MAC OS online emulator
PROGRAM:
NAME
touch_newsgroup - force leafnode to continue reading low-traffic newsgroups
SYNOPSIS
touch_newsgroup [-f groupsfile] [-h hostname] [-v] [newsgroups]
DESCRIPTION
touch_newsgroup is a Perl script which reads the last article in the specified newsgroups
on the specified using NNTP.
This prevents leafnode or similar news-servers from marking those newsgroups as inactive
because no-one is reading them.
Perl and the Net::NNTP module are required to use this program. On Debian systems these
are avalible in the perl5 and libnet-perl packages.
OPTIONS
-f groupsfile
Read newsgroup names from groupsfile in addition to any specified on command line.
Use -f - to read from stdin.
-h hostname
Read newsgroups on host hostname (default 127.0.0.1)
-v Be verbose. Prints the number of the article it reads from each newsgroup.
newsgroups
names of newsgroups to read. May be omitted if a groupsfile is specified.
ENVIRONMENT
Requires Net::NNTP module (available in libnet from CPAN or the libnet-perl package). On
Debian systems, this program will by default be run daily on the list of newsgroups
specified in /etc/news/leafnode/touch_groups if that file exists.
LIMITATIONS
Only one news-server is catered for, the IP address of which is hard-wired into the script
as $nntp_host.
Use touch_newsgroup online using onworks.net services
