NAME

panfind - search pan cache for articles in newsgroups

OPTIONS

-b only search binaries newsgroups 
-o only print the matching newsgroups and results counts, not the entire subject matches
-h help
-v print version and exit
-d debug

PARAMETERS

-a abs path to server dir holding pan newsgroup cache files

-s positive match 
-e positive match, exact   
-S negative match
-E negative match, exact   

-n newsgroup match string

EXAMPLE USAGE

find 'cookie' in all newsgroups matching cooking

panfind -a ~/.pan/astraweb -s 'cookie' -n 'cooking'

If you leave out -n, searches all newsgroups.

find 'boeing 747' in all newsgroups, only show matchine groups and match count:

panfind  -a ~/.pan/astraweb -s 'boeing 747' -o

match exactly, show subjects:

panfind  -a ~/.pan/astraweb -e 'Boeing 747'

SETTING DEFAULT SERVER DIR

If you know you will aways be using /home/yourself/.pan/astraweb Then set it in the script.

AUTHOR

Leo Charre leocharre at cpan dot org

SEE ALSO

News::Pan