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From: packer@chrpuser.gsfc.nasa.gov
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: rn as a batch process
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Date: 15 Dec 89 03:56:01 GMT
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I would like to run "rn" as a batch process to get all the
messages from selected newsgroups into a file or files
so that I can FTP them over to the VAX, a programming 
environment in which I am more at home.  I tried a command
procedure (or "script", as they're known here) that simply
invoked rn and then exited with a "q", like this:

	rn
	q

but it bombed with a message "Caught a SIGSEGV--.newsrc restored",
so something's wrong with this approach. Comments?