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2.2 KiB
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This Readme is meant to describe how you should go about using the news to
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RSS script. Please keep in mind, that all software retrieved from CVS is in
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a constant change; your script might work now, but it might not work a
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moment later.
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Even though the script can handle multiple newsgroups at once, Knewsticker
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has not been adjusted to handle such a behavior on its own, therefore please
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poll only one newsgroup per executed script.
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You need to customize each executed script to fit your needs, yet before you
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can do so, you must be sure, that the version of perl you are running is
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providing all the necessary modules for this script to function. You need to
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have the following modules installed:
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News::NNTPClient;
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MIME::Words
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If you are not sure wheter those are installed, simply execute the script at
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the command line and watch for possible errors. Right now the script has no
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error handling whatsoever, which might be corrected in future versions. You
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can either go and retrieve the modules from www.cpan.org and install them by
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hand or run the following command as root, while you are connected to the
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Internet:
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perl -MCPAN -e "install module::name"
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Executing this command at the prompt will automatically download and install
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the requested module, eventual dependencies will be resolved automatically.
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Once you have installed all the necessary tools, you can start customizing
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your script, this means, that you should open it with your favourite editor
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and read the comments above each variable you must set carefully.
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Most scripts are commented rather precisely, as it is the case with this
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one. Of course you may set which nntp host we are connecting to within the
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script, but if you have a host set in /etc/nntpserver the script will ALWAYS
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default to that server, this has been implemented for systems, where the
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administrator might not wish you to use a different nntp server. Of course
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it can be evaded, but we urge you to be polite and use what is offered to
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you by the system.
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Once you are sure you have set all the variables as requested in the scripts
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upper part, you may now store it anywhere on your hard disk. Make sure you
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have read knewstickers help on executing pre commands.
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Enjoy this script.
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anonymous coder.
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