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MAKENL(1)		     General Commands Manual		       MAKENL(1)

NAME
     makenl - Fido/FTN nodelist processing program.

SYNOPSIS
     makenl [<configfile>][-p|-t][-m[=<nodelist>]][-n=<netname>][-d]

DESCRIPTION
     This manual page briefly documents the makenl command.

     makenl  is a program that is used to process Fido/FTN nodelists for submis-
     sion to coordinators and/or for creation of nodelist  files  for  distribu-
     tion. It is a near drop-in replacement for an existing installation of Mak-
     eNL.

OPTIONS
     A summary of options is included below.

     -p, -process
	    Operate in Process mode, overriding Process statement in makenl.ctl.

     -t, -test
	    Operate in Test mode even on the normal process day.

     -m, -merge
	    Merge  your  updated  nodelist segment with an existing distribution
	    nodelist to produce a temporary nodelist containing your updates.

     -n, -name
	    Specialized cosmetic switch. When you make a composite nodelist, the
	    generated list begins, by default, with the line "Nodelist for ...".
	    The -name switch may be used to insert a network name  in  front  of
	    the  first word in that line. If the specified replacement name con-
	    tains spaces, the entire parameter must be enclosed in quotes.

     -d, -debug
	    Enable debugging output for some functions.

     -c, -credits
	    Who made this program possible.

     -h     Show summary of options.

     The  program  is  documented  more  fully	in  the   files   makenl.txt.gz,
     README.gz, & changelog.gz;  all in the /usr/share/doc/makenl directory.

FILES
     Examples  of these files can be found in the /usr/share/doc/makenl/examples
     directory.

     makenl.ctl
	    Standard name for the required makenl configuration  file:	it  will
	    look for this file in the current directory if the filename and path
	    for it is not given on the command line.

     cpyright.txt
	    Optional copyright notice for the nodelist file being created.

     epilog.txt
	    Optional  file  containing text intended for the end of the nodelist
	    file being created.

     prolog.txt
	    Optional file containing text intended  for  the  beginning  of  the
	    nodelist file being created.

AUTHORS
     MakeNL 3.x was reverse engineered from MakeNL by Michael Karcher, with fur-
     ther  modifications  by  Bjorn  Felton, Andrew Clarke, Michiel Broek, Johan
     Billing, Kees van Eeten, & Robert Couture.

     ** Dedicated to Ben Baker, the original MakeNL author.

     This manual page was written by Robert James Clay <jame@rocasa.org> for the
     Debian package (but may be used by others).

				  May 10, 2007			       MAKENL(1)

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