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diff --git a/news/nget/DESCR b/news/nget/DESCR new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..80cb755d823 --- /dev/null +++ b/news/nget/DESCR @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +nget is a command line nntp file grabber. +It automatically pieces together multipart postings for easy +retrieval, even substituting parts from multiple servers and +newsgroups. Handles disconnects gracefully, resuming after the +last part succesfully downloaded. + +features: + * Automatic multi-part post joining + * Automatic binary decoding (using uulib) + * Caches header data for quick access + * Full multi-server support, transparently joining parts + from different servers + * Full multi-group support, transparently joining parts from + multiple newsgroups + * Automatic retries on network errors + * Resumes after the last part successfully downloaded + * Dupe file detection to avoid unneeded downloads + * Select what to retrieve based upon a regular expresson (-r), + or even a more complex expression (-R) based upon any of the + file's subject, author, lines, bytes, # of parts we have, + # of parts req, date, age, messageid, and references. + * Search for newsgroups based on their names and/or descriptions + * Automatic handling of PAR and PAR2 files retrieves only as many + recovery files as necessary to repair any missing/damaged files. |