NAME

makenl - Fido/FTN nodelist processing program.

SYNOPSIS

makenl [<configfile>][-p|-t][-m[=<nodelist>]][-n=<netname>][-d]

DESCRIPTION

This manual page briefly documents the makenl command.

makenl is a program that is used to process Fido/FTN nodelists for submission to coordinators and/or for creation of nodelist files for distribution. It is a near drop-in replacement for an existing installation of MakeNL.

OPTIONS

A summary of options is included below.

-p, -process

Operate in Process mode, overriding Process statement in makenl.ctl.

-t, -test

Operate in Test mode even on the normal process day.

-m, -merge

Merge your updated nodelist segment with an existing distribution nodelist to produce a temporary nodelist containing your updates.

-n, -name

Specialized cosmetic switch. When you make a composite nodelist, the generated list begins, by default, with the line "Nodelist for ...". The -name switch may be used to insert a network name in front of the first word in that line. If the specified replacement name contains spaces, the entire parameter must be enclosed in quotes.

-d, -debug

Enable debugging output for some functions.

-c, -credits

Who made this program possible.

-h

Show summary of options.

The program is documented more fully in the files makenl.txt.gz, README.gz, & changelog.gz; all in the /usr/share/doc/makenl directory.

FILES

Examples of these files can be found in the /usr/share/doc/makenl/examples directory.

makenl.ctl

Standard name for the required makenl configuration file: it will look for this file in the current directory if the filename and path for it is not given on the command line.

cpyright.txt

Optional copyright notice for the nodelist file being created.

epilog.txt

Optional file containing text intended for the end of the nodelist file being created.

prolog.txt

Optional file containing text intended for the beginning of the nodelist file being created.

AUTHORS

MakeNL 3.x was reverse engineered from MakeNL by Michael Karcher, with further modifications by Björn Felton, Andrew Clarke, Michiel Broek, Johan Billing, Kees van Eeten, & Robert Couture.

** Dedicated to Ben Baker, the original MakeNL author.

This manual page was written by Robert James Clay <jame@rocasa.org> for the Debian package (but may be used by others).