# HG changeset patch
# User mirkol
# Date 1005769395 0
# Node ID dca5a43bb7a00ed924ad5e916a95ecec28efb2d2
# Parent  61a0f1e13916b7cc7f52cf1903fd4025ac4c6144
[svn] see Changelog Nov 14 2001 mirko liss

diff -r 61a0f1e13916 -r dca5a43bb7a0 docs/noffle.1
--- a/docs/noffle.1	Wed Nov 14 20:22:22 2001 +0000
+++ b/docs/noffle.1	Wed Nov 14 20:23:15 2001 +0000
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .TH noffle 1
-.\" $Id: noffle.1 227 2000-10-26 21:21:13Z bears $
+.\" $Id: noffle.1 328 2001-11-14 20:23:15Z mirkol $
 .SH NAME
 noffle \- Usenet package optimized for dialup connections.
 
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@
 \-e | \-\-expire
 .br
 .B noffle
-\-f | \-\-fetch
+\-f | \-\-fetch [server pattern]
 .br
 .B noffle
 \-g | \-\-groups
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 \-p | \-\-post
 .br
 .B noffle
-\-q | \-\-query groups|desc
+\-q | \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
 .br
 .B noffle
 \-R | \-\-requested
@@ -156,8 +156,8 @@
 .B /etc/noffle.conf.
 
 .TP
-.B \-f, \-\-fetch
-Get new newsfeed from the remote server.
+.B \-f, \-\-fetch [server pattern]
+Get new newsfeed from the remote servers.
 Updates the list of the existing newsgroups,
 fetches new articles overviews or full articles from subscribed
 groups (see
@@ -170,6 +170,18 @@
 .B ip-up
 script of
 .BR pppd (8).
+ If a
+.B server
+.B pattern
+is specified, new articles will only be fetched from matching servers
+from the list in noffle.conf. Please see
+.B noffle.conf (5)
+for careful seeting of the settings
+.B getgroups
+and
+.B omitgroups.
+
+ 
 
 .TP
 .B \-g, \-\-groups
@@ -233,8 +245,8 @@
 have an 'Approved:' header to be posted.
 
 .TP
-.B \-q, \-\-query groups|desc
-Query information about all groups from the remote server and merge it to
+.B \-q, \-\-query groups|desc [server pattern]
+Query information about all groups from the remote servers and merge it to
 the
 .B groupinfo
 file. This must be run after installing 
@@ -245,7 +257,10 @@
 retrieves the list of the existing newsgroups
 (resets all local article counters),
 .B desc
-retrieves all newsgroup descriptions,
+retrieves all newsgroup descriptions. If a
+.B server
+.B pattern
+is specified, only matching servers from noffle.conf will be queried.
 
 .TP
 .B \-r, \-\-server