YPOSTRC(5) File Formats YPOSTRC(5)NAME
~/.ypostrc - ypost configuration file
DESCRIPTION
This file, located in the user's home directory and called .ypostrc, is
read by the ypost(1) program at startup. The options in this file may
be overwritten by command line options.
It might look like this:
## ~/.ypostrc
## ypost configuration file
## My login information
user = user1234
pass = IloveUnix
server = news.example.com
Each line in the file may contain a configuration option (described in
the OPTIONS section of this man page) in the form of an option name,
follwed by an equal sign (`=') followed by the value for that option.
Option lines with blank values are ignored, as well as all text follow‐
ing a hash mark (`#'), and empty lines.
OPTIONS
The following options are available to control the behavior of ypost at
run-time. Options that take a BOOL value are enabled with any of `y',
`yes', `on', or `1' and disabled with any other value.
author=author
When posting messages, use author in the Usenet From: header.
See ypost(1) for permissible syntax.
debug=BOOL
Enable debug output?
comment=comment
When posting messages, suffix subject lines with comment,
enclosed in square brackets.
force=BOOL
When posting messages, skip confirmation of posting summary?
group=newsgroup
Post messages to the specified newsgroup.
line=length
Use length as the line length for encoded data.
messageid=BOOL
Include the Message-ID: header line when posting?
multipart=lines
Split large files after the number of lines specified by lines
instead of 5000, which is the default.
nosort=BOOL
Inhibit sorting of input files before posting messages?
paths=BOOL
Store paths in archives as they were specified on the command
line? If on, do not strip paths.
pass=password
Provide password for authentication to the news server when con‐
necting.
quiet=BOOL
Operate as quietly as possible?
retry=retries
Specify the number of retries that should be attempted if a post
fails.
subject=subject
When posting messages, prefix subject lines with subject,
enclosed in square brackets.
server=address
Post all messages through the news server specified by address.
stdout=BOOL
Output to the standard output, instead of posting messages
through a server?
timeout=seconds
Socket operations should time out after this many seconds. A
value of `0' will disable the timeout.
sortfirst=extensions
extensions should be a comma-separated list of extensions that
will come first when sorting. The built-in default value for
this field is `nfo,crc,sfv,par,rar,zip,arj,ace'. This causes
files like .nfo and .sfv files to be posted first, as well as
causing .rar files to be posted before .r00 files, instead of at
the end, which is annoying. The extensions listed are not case
sensitive.
user=username
Provide username for authentication to the news server when con‐
necting.
sfv=BOOL
Post an .sfv file for the input files?
crc=BOOL
Post a .crc file for the input files?
AUTHOR
Don Moore <bboy@bboy.net>
SEE ALSOypost(1), yencode(1), ydecode(1)yencode March 2002 YPOSTRC(5)
