AUB(1)

NAME
aub - assemble usenet binaries

SYNOPSIS
aub [ -c ] [ -n ] [ -dN ] [ -m ] [ -M ] [ -C ]

DESCRIPTION
aub accesses news either remotely via the NNTP protocol or locally, by scanning a news spool directory, and searches for new pieces of split, encoded binaries that have recently been received. Binaries are expected to contain subject lines conformant with de-facto usenet standards; aub may not be able to identify pieces of binaries which are not named according to accepted conventional practice. If new binaries are found, aub retrieves, organizes and decodes them, leaving the decoded files in a configurable location.

A configuration file, $HOME/.aubconf, is required. Invoke aub with the -M flag to learn about the structure of configuration files. This will also present a full discussion of aub and its capabilities.

aub understands the following options, all of which are discussed in detail in the internal documentation:

-c  Catch-up mode; binaries are processed but not assembled.

-n  No-checkpoint mode; the user's .aubrc file is not modified.

-dN Specifies the debug level that aub is to run at.

-m  Prints a summary of the manual.

-M  Prints the manual.

-C  Lists changes since the last version of aub.

ENVIRONMENT
AUBDIR    Default location for decoded binaries
AUBDESC    Default location for description file
AUBHOOK    Default hook program
NNTPSERVER    Potential NNTP server
HOME    Home directory

FILES
 ~/.aubconf    Configuration file
 ~/.aubrc    Historical data maintained by aub
 /usr/local/bin/perl    Source interpreter

AUTHOR
Mark Stantz

DIAGNOSTICS
Diagnostic messages are intended to be self-explanatory.

SEE ALSO
news(1), perl(1), "The Introducing Aub Document"

BUGS
The man page is skimpy and essentially defers all explanation to the auxiliary documentation.

-d0 does not override the DEBUG keyword in the configuration file.