pan - Man Page

read and post Usenet articles

Synopsis

pan [Options...] [headers:GROUP-NAME | news:MESSAGE-ID]

Description

Pan is a Usenet newsreader that is good at both text and binaries. It supports offline reading, scoring and killfiles, yEnc, NZB, PGP handling, multiple servers, and secure connections.

Usage

pan is a program that can be run headless in non-GUI mode, allowing for batch processing of NZB files, downloading headers, and more.

Options

General Options

-h, --help: Print usage information and exit.
-v, --version: Print release version and exit.
--verbose: Be verbose (in non-GUI mode).
--debug: Run in debug mode. Use --debug twice for verbose debug.
--debug-ssl: Run in TLS (aka SSL) debug mode.

URL Options

headers:GROUP-NAME: Download new headers for the GROUP-NAME newsgroup.
news:MESSAGE-ID: When specified together with --no-gui, dump the MESSAGE-ID article to standard output.

NZB Batch Options

--nzb FILE-1 FILE-2 ...: Process NZB files in non-GUI mode.
-o, --output=PATH: Path to save attachments listed in the NZB file(s).
--no-gui: Only show console output, not the download queue.

Environment

PAN_HOME: User data directory to use. Defaults to $HOME/.pan2.
SSL_CERT_DIR, SSL_DIR: Directories to search for SSL certificates.

Bugs

To report a bug, visit: http://pan.rebelbase.com/bugs/