-NewsStats 0.1 (c) 2010 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
+NewsStats 0.1 (c) 2010-2012 Thomas Hochstein <thh@inter.net>
-NewsStats is a software package for gathering statistical data live
-from a Usenet feed and subsequent examination.
+NewsStats is a software package used to gather statistical information
+from a live Usenet feed and for its subsequent examination.
This script package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
modify it under the terms of the GNU Public License as published by
# tar -xzf newsstats-nn.tar.gz
- Scripts in this path should be executable by the news user.
+ Scripts in this path - at least feedlog.pl - should be executable by the
+ news user.
2) Configuration
* Edit your 'newsfeeds' file and insert something like
## gather statistics for NewsStats
- newsstats!
- :!*,de.*
+ newsstats!\
+ :!*,de.*\
:Tc,WmtfbsPNH,Ac:/path/to/feedlog.pl
* You should only feed that hierarchy (those hierarchies ...) to
Everything should be going smoothly now.
* If INN is spewing error messages to 'errlog' or reporting
- continous respaws of feedlog.pl to 'news.notice', stop your feed:
+ continous respawns of feedlog.pl to 'news.notice', stop your feed:
# ctlinnd drop 'newsstats!'