OVERVIEW.FMT(5)OVERVIEW.FMT(5)NAMEoverview.fmt - format of news overview database
DESCRIPTION
The file <pathetc in inn.conf>/overview.fmt specifies the organization
of the news overview database. Blank lines and lines beginning with a
number sign (``#'') are ignored. The order of lines in this file is
important; it determines the order in which the fields will appear in
the database.
Most lines will consist of an article header name, optionally followed
by a colon. A trailing set of lines can have the word ``full'' appear
after the colon; this indicates that the header should appear as well
as its value.
If this file is changed, new overview records will be constructed with
the modified format. If it is desired that existing records be updated
to the new format, it is necessary to rebuild the overview database
using makehistory(8) after removing all existing overview files.
``Xref:full'' must be included, or innd(8) and other programs which
utilize overview method cannot start.
The default file, show below, is compatible with Geoff Collyer's
``nov'' package:
Subject:
From:
Date:
Message-ID:
References:
Bytes:
Lines:
Xref:full
Usually the only modifications which should be made to the default file
are additions of new fields to the end of the file; all such fields
should have ``full'' after the colon. The first eight fields should
remain in the same order as above.
HISTORY
Written by Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net> for InterNetNews. Intended
to be compatible with the nov package written by Geoff Collyer
<geoff@world.std.com>. This is revision 1.10, dated 2002/12/03.
SEE ALSOinn.conf(5)OVERVIEW.FMT(5)
