diff docs/noffle.1 @ 255:52f467c7213b noffle

[svn] * docs/noffle.1,src/Makefile.am,src/Makefile.in,src/content.c, src/content.h,src/database.c,src/database.h,src/expire.c, src/expire.h,src/noffle.c: Split out expire code from database.c, change to remove articles in place (rather than rebuild article database) and add separate command to rebuild article database from articles listed in overviews. This may help if the article database gets corrupted.
author bears
date Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:15:44 +0100
parents dca5a43bb7a0
children 01c7c68996e2
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--- a/docs/noffle.1	Wed Jun 26 14:14:56 2002 +0100
+++ b/docs/noffle.1	Wed Jun 26 14:15:44 2002 +0100
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH noffle 1
-.\" $Id: noffle.1 328 2001-11-14 20:23:15Z mirkol $
+.\" $Id: noffle.1 387 2002-06-26 13:15:44Z bears $
 .SH NAME
 noffle \- Usenet package optimized for dialup connections.
 
@@ -54,6 +54,9 @@
 \-q | \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
 .br
 .B noffle
+\-B | \-\-rebuild
+.br
+.B noffle
 \-R | \-\-requested
 .br
 .B noffle
@@ -279,6 +282,15 @@
 .B HELP.
 
 .TP
+.B \-B, \-\-rebuild
+Rebuild the article database. This build a fresh copy of the
+.B NOFFLE
+article database. All locally held groups are scanned, and all articles
+currently active in those groups are copied from the old article
+database to the new one. The new one then replaces the old one.
+This can be useful in cases of article database corruption.
+
+.TP
 .B \-R, \-\-requested
 List articles that are marked for download.