NAME

       axgetmsg - download selected messages from F6FBB BBS

SYNOPSIS

       axgetmsg -p <port> -c <mycall> -b <bbs> [-f <listfile>] [-d <dir>] [-v] [-D] [nr1 [nr2] ...]

DESCRIPTION

       Axgetmsg  connects  the  BBS  and  downloads  specified  messages using compressed forward protocol. Each
       messages is stored to a single file in the destination directory.

OPTIONS

       -p port   Specifies the AX.25 port name used for communication with BBS.

       -c mycall Sets the callsign of axgetmsg.

       -b bbs    The AX.25 path to the BBS: BBS_call [digi [digi] ...]

       -f listfile
                 listfile contains the message numbers for download separated by whitespaces.  When the listfile
                 is specified, message numbers given via the command line are ignored.

       -d dir    Spepcify the destination directory for storing messages.

       -v        Verbose operation.

       -D        Display debugging information.

MESSAGE NUMBERS

       The messages are specified by their numbers via the command line or using the  listfile.  For  specifying
       personal  messages  the  p  letter  can  be added before the message number (e.g. p30981). The difference
       between bulletins and personal messages is that axgetmsg will remove the personal messages from  the  BBS
       after downloading them.

AUTHORIZATION

       After  the successful connect to the BBS axgetmsg attempts to execute the script /var/ax25/auth_agent and
       redirects its stdin and stdout to the BBS. The BBS callsign is passed as the first command line argument.
       The script should take actions needed for user's authorization to the  BBS.  When  the  script  execution
       fails, axgetmsg continues downloading the messages without authorization.

FILES

       /var/ax25/auth_agent
       /etc/ax25/axports

SEE ALSO

       ulistd(8) axgetmail(1) msgcleanup(1) ax25(4)

AUTHOR

       Radek Burget OK2JBG <radkovo@centrum.cz>

Linux                                            22 January 2002                                     axgetmsg(1)