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SENDINPATHS(8)		  InterNetNews Documentation		SENDINPATHS(8)

NAME
       sendinpaths - Send Usenet Path header field statistics via e-mail

SYNOPSIS
       sendinpaths [-cdhn] [-k keep-days] [-r report-days] [address [address
       ...]]

DESCRIPTION
       sendinpaths checks pathlog/path for ninpaths dump files,	finds dump
       files generated in the past report-days days, makes sure	they are valid
       by running ninpaths on each one and making sure the exit	status is
       zero, and passes	them to	ninpaths to generate a cumulative report.  By
       default,	that report is mailed to the e-mail addresses configured at
       the beginning of	this script (by	default, only one address is
       configured: <top1000@anthologeek.net>) in order to supply the TOP1000
       project with useful statistics.	See <http://top1000.anthologeek.net/>
       for more	information.

       When finished, sendinpaths deletes all dump files in pathlog/path that
       are older than keep-days	days.

       For more	information on how to set up ninpaths, see ninpaths(8).

OPTIONS
       -c  When	 this  flag  is	used, the report is also e-mailed, besides the
	   default  submission	addresses  or  those  given  as	  command-line
	   arguments, to the newsmaster's address set at configure time.

       -d  Enables debug messages.

       -h  Gives usage information.

       -k keep-days
	   After  having  processed dump files,	sendinpaths removes those that
	   are older than keep-days days.  The default is 0, that is to	say to
	   remove all dump files.

	   Setting keep-days to	another	value  can  be	useful	for  debugging
	   purpose because it permits keeping a	few dump files.

       -n  Don't e-mail	the report; instead, just print	it to standard output.
	   Don't delete	old dump files.

       -r report-days
	   Process dump	files generated	during the last	report-days days.  The
	   default  is	32,  that is to	say to process all the dump files that
	   have	been generated during the last 32 days (if,  of	 course,  they
	   have	 not  been  deleted  yet  by  a	 previous  run	of sendinpaths
	   according to	the value set by the -k	flag).

       address ...
	   E-mail the report to	the mentioned address or addresses, instead of
	   the default one.  Several  addresses	 can  be  used,	 separated  by
	   whitespace  (sending	 the  e-mail to	your own e-mail	address	can be
	   useful for debugging	purpose, to check that everything works	fine).
	   For instance, for two addresses:

	       sendinpaths pathsurvey@example.org top1000@anthologeek.net

HISTORY
       sendinpaths was originally written by Olaf  Titz	 <olaf@bigred.inka.de>
       in  shell.   The	version	shipped	with INN is a rewrite in Perl based on
       Mohan Kokal's initial work, and improved	by Julien Elie.

SEE ALSO
       ninpaths(8).

INN 2.8.0			  2024-12-23			SENDINPATHS(8)

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