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CG(1)			    General Commands Manual			 CG(1)

NAME
       cg -- semi-automatic newsgroup binary downloader

SYNOPSIS
       cg [-chmV] [-n rcfile] [-p passwd] [-s server] [-u user]	group ...

DESCRIPTION
       cg is a semi-automatic newsgroup	binary downloader.  It assembles parts
       based on	subject	headers	and then offers	them in	an editor for the user
       to choose which files he	really wants.

       It supports decoding data in the	following formats:
	     MIME      The  following  message	formats	 are supported:	multi-
		       part/mixed, message/partial;  the  following  encodings
		       are supported: base64, quoted printable,	x-uuencode.
	     uuencode  Both single- and	multi-posting binaries.
	     yEnc      Both single- and	multi-posting binaries.

       The following flags are supported:
	     -c, --mark-complete   Mark	only parts of complete files as	read.
	     -h, --help		   Show	a short	usage.
	     -n, --newsrc FILE	   Use FILE as newsrc file.
	     -p, --pass	PASS	   Use PASS as password	for authentication.
	     -s, --server SERVER   Use	SERVER	as NNTP	server.	 Both IPv4 and
				   IPv6	are supported.
	     -u, --user	USER	   Use USER as user for	authentication.
	     -V, --version	   Show	release	information.

       cg reads	the XOVER record from the news server for each group given  on
       the  command  line  and	tries  to assemble all unread binaries in this
       group.  Then cg spawns an editor	(taken from the	VISUAL or EDITOR envi-
       ronment variables, or defaulting	to vi(1)) where	the  user  can	delete
       all lines of unwanted binaries.	After leaving the editor, the binaries
       corresponding  to  undelete  lines are decoded and saved	in the current
       directory.

       Comments	in 0-parts or around the encoded data are saved	 in  the  file
       "filename.desc";	 broken	files (problems	during decoding, missing parts
       due to expiration) are saved as "filename.broken".  Files are not over-
       written,	rather ".1", ".2", ... is appended to the filename to make  it
       unique.

ENVIRONMENT
       The VISUAL and EDITOR environment variables are honored in this order.

       Set  the	 NNTPSERVER  environment  variable  to	choose your newsserver
       (which must support xover records), or use the -s flag.	Both IPv4  and
       IPv6 are	supported.

BUGS
       Mail suggestions	and bug	reports	to <nih@giga.or.at>.

FreeBSD	13.2			April 17, 2002				 CG(1)

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