distributions(5)

NAME
distributions - discriptions of available distributions

DESCRIPTION

codes that are valid on the system. A distribution code identifies the geographical spread of an article, which is useful for certain types of messages. The file contains of lines of ASCII text, with only two fields (separated by one or more <TAB> and/or <SPACE> characters). The first field is the name of the distribution code, to be used in article headers. The second field is the explanation of the distribution.

A sample distributions file could be:

 local   local to this site
 mugnet  everywhere on MUGNET
 world   everywhere in the world
 nl      Netherlands only
 de      Germany only
 fr      France only
 uk      United Kingdom only
 usa     United States only

Note, that this file is only used by the pnews program to see if the user typed a valid distribution code. It must therefore be readable by all users who may post news! SH FILES
/usr/lib/news/distributions or /conf/news/distributions

AUTHOR
Fred N. van Kempen, waltje@Infomagic.COM