Date: Fri, 27 Jan 89 16:15:58 +0000
From: cmd@ukc.ac.uk
To: mg@ukc.ac.uk
Subject: news dirs

General organisation:

	/usr/lib/news	loads of internal stuff
			usually a symlink -> /u/news/lib
	
	/usr/spool/news
			spool dir, usually a symlink -> /u/news/spool

	/usr/spool/news/batched
			various stuff used for outgoing batches

	/usr/spool/news/.rnews
			store for news batches that arrive when
			the news system is locked (e.g. by expire)

	/usr/spool/news/Ftp.news
			used by ftp-news to store files for sending
			- they are removed from here after transmission
	
	/usr/spool/oldnews
			only on the archival host, looks just like
			/usr/spool/news - files are linked across
			to here rather than being copied.

All the public executables (rn etc) are shcripts which check for
availability, and print a rude message if the real thing isn't there.
The real ones are in ~news/bin.

A few other bits:

	/usr/bin/rnews -> ~news/inews
			the entry point for FTP/UUCP incoming news
	
	/usr/pub/news	you know about