Command line options: aub -c Catch up on all groups, but do not assemble binaries aub -n No checkpointing; don't update aubrc aub -dN Set debugging level to N (N > 0) aub -M Print the aub manual aub -m Print this summary of the manual aub -C List changes since previous release of aub aub -v Print version number Configuration keywords (for $AUBHOME/aubconf): GROUP ... Causes aub to process the newsgroup(s) listed SPOOL Use directory as the root of the news spool tree (4) NNTP Use as an NNTP news server (4) DIRectory Assemble binaries into the specified directory (1) DESCription Store descriptions of assembled binaries in the specified file (1) HOOK Decode binaries only when the specified program exits returning status true (zero) (1,2) DEFine Define a postprocessor called , which will invoke the command (3) POSTprocess ... Apply postprocessor to binaries whose filenames end in any listed suffix (1,3) RECognize ... Add the suffixes listed to aub's internal table of common suffixes ONLYRECognize ... Save files with these suffixes only NOXHDR Do not use the NNTP XHDR command, even if it is understood by the NNTP server DEBUG Set the default debugging level to N SAMple Max articles to load from a newsgroup USER Username for NNTP Authorization PASS Password for NNTP Authorization SKIPunresolved Ignore and discard info on unresolved articles Notes: (1) -- If this keyword appears before any GROUP keyword, it applies to all groups binaries are assembled from by default. If the keyword appears after a given GROUP keyword, it applies to that group only, and overrides any default which may earlier have been established with the same keyword. (2) -- The hook program will be passed the subject line of the lowest- numbered piece of the binary image on standard input. It cannot be invoked with arguments (yet). (3) -- If the string "$h" appears unescaped in the command, it will be replaced before the command is invoked with the "head" of the filename of the binary. Similarly, "$t" will be replaced with the "tail", and "$f" will be replaced with the entire filename. The head and tail of "foo.gif" are "foo" and "gif", respectively. (4) -- The SPOOL and NNTP keywords may not both appear in the same configuration file.