snnewgroup.v!!VERSION!!(8)

NAME
snnewgroup - create a new sn newsgroup

SYNOPSIS
snnewgroup newsgroup [server] [port]

DESCRIPTION
snnewgroup creates newsgroup assigning it an upstream NNTP server of server:port. If port is not specified, defaults to 119. If server is also not specified, newsgroup is created as a local group which is fed only by articles POSTed to it. You will need to be root or own !!SNROOT!! in order to add new groups.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

SNROOT
    If this is set and is not empty, the value is used in place of !!SNROOT!!, the default news spool directory.

FILES CREATED

!!SNROOT!!/newsgroup
    Directory where articles will be stored.

!!SNROOT!!/newsgroup/.created
    Empty file for the newsgroup creation time.

!!SNROOT!!/newsgroup/.serial
    Where snget gets its idea of the new starting serial number for newsgroup on server server:port. The value is initialized to 0.

!!SNROOT!!/newsgroup/.outgoing
    If server is specified, is a symlink to !!SNROOT!!/.outgoing/server:port, which is a directory, created if it does not already exist. If server is not specified, no file !!SNROOT!!/newsgroup/.outgoing will be created. See also snsend.

SEE ALSO
sndelgroup, snsend