Update documentation for .rcfile.
Add the according sections to the POD documentation. Fix some wording. Signed-off-by: Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
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@ -553,7 +553,7 @@ yapfaq - Post Usenet FAQs I<(yet another postfaq)>
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=head1 SYNOPSIS
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B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>]
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B<yapfaq> [B<-hvpd>] [B<-t> I<newsgroups> | CONSOLE] [B<-f> I<project name>] [B<-s> I<program>] [B<-c> I<.rc file>]
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=head1 REQUIREMENTS
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@ -589,7 +589,8 @@ headers as defined in its config file (by default F<yapfaq.cfg>).
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F<yapfaq.cfg> consists of one or more blocks, separated by C<=====> on
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a single line, each containing the configuration for one FAQ as a set
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of definitions in the form of I<param = value>.
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of definitions in the form of I<param = value>. Everything after a "#"
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sign is ignored so you may comment your configuration file.
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=over 4
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@ -685,7 +686,7 @@ This setting is optional.
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=back
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=head2 Example configuration file
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=head3 Example configuration file
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# name of your project
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Name = 'testpost'
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MID-Format = '<%n-%m.%y@domain.invalid>'
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Supersede = yes
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=head3 Status Information
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Information about the last post and about how to form message IDs for
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posts is stored in a file named F<I<project name>.cfg> which will be
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generated if it does not exist. Each of those status files will
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contain two lines, the first being the date of the last time the FAQ
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was posted and the second being the message ID of that incarnation.
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=head2 Runtime Configuration
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Apart from configuring which FAQ(s) to post you may (re)set some
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runtime configuration variables via the .rcfile (by default
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F<.yapfaqrc>). F<.yapfaqrc> must contain one definition in the form of
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I<param = value> on each line; everything after a "#" sign is ignored.
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If you omit some settings they will be set to default values hardcoded
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in F<yapfaq.pl>.
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B<Please note that all parameter names are case-sensitive!>
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=over 4
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=item B<NNTPServer> = I<NNTP server> (mandatory)
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Host name of the NNTP server to post to. Must be set (or omitted; the
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default is "localhost"); if set to en empty string, B<yapfaq> falls
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back to Perl's build-in defaults (contents of environment variables
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NNTPSERVER and NEWSHOST; if not set, default from Net::Config; if not
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set, "news" is used).
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=item B<NNTPUser> = I<user name> (optional)
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User name used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
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USER>).
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This setting is optional; if it is not set, I<NNTPPass> is ignored and
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no authentication is tried.
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=item B<NNTPPass> = I<password> (optional)
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Password used for authentication with the NNTP server (I<AUTHINFO
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PASS>).
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This setting is optional; it must be set if I<NNTPUser> is present.
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=item B<Sender> = I<Sender header> (optional)
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The Sender header that will be added to every posted message.
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This setting is optional.
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=item B<ConfigFile> = I<configuration file> (mandatory)
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The configuration file defining the FAQ(s) to post. Must be set (or
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omitted; the default is "yapfaq.cfg").
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=item B<UsePGP> = I<whether to add a digital signature> (optional)
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Boolean value (0 or 1) controlling whether the FAQs will get digitally
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signed via an X-PGP-Sig header.
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This setting is optional; the default is 0.
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If you have set I<UsePGP> to 1, you must also supply the necessary
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information on your PGP oder GPG installation; please refer to the
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sample F<.yapfaqrc> file (see below) for more information on this
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topic.
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=back
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=head3 Example runtime configuration file
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NNTPServer = 'localhost'
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NNTPUser = ''
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NNTPPass = ''
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Sender = ''
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ConfigFile = 'yapfaq.cfg'
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UsePGP = 0
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################################## PGP-Config #################################
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pgp = '/usr/bin/pgp' # path to pgp
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PGPVersion = '2' # Use 2 for 2.X 5 for PGP > 2.X and GPG for GPG
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PGPSigner = '' # sign as who?
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PGPPass = '' # pgp2 only
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PathtoPGPPass = '' # pgp2 pgp5 and gpg
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pgpbegin = '-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----' # Begin of PGP-Signature
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pgpend = '-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----' # End of PGP-Signature
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pgptmpf = 'pgptmp' # temporary file for PGP.
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pgpheader = 'X-PGP-Sig'
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=head3 Using more than one runtime configuration
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You may use more than one runtime configuration file with the B<-c>
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option (see below).
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=head1 OPTIONS
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=over 3
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@ -802,6 +892,13 @@ Instead of posting the article(s) to Usenet pipe them to the external
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I<program> on STDIN (which may post the article(s) then). A return
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value of 0 will be considered success.
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=item B<-c> I<.rc file>
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Load another runtime configuration file (.rc file) than F<.yaofaq.rc>.
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You may for example define another usenet server to post your FAQ(s)
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to or load another configuration file defining (an)other FAQ(s).
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=back
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=head1 EXAMPLES
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The script itself.
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=item F<.yapfaqrc>
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Runtime configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
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=item F<yapfaq.cfg>
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Configuration file for B<yapfaq>.
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@ -864,10 +965,9 @@ version of this program.
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Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
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Original author (until version 0.5b from 2003):
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Original author (up to version 0.5b, dating from 2003):
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Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
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=head1 COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
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Copyright (c) 2003 Marc Brockschmidt <marc@marcbrockschmidt.de>
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