pan.1

.TH PAN 1
.SH NAME
Pan \- read and post Usenet articles
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B pan
[\fIOPTIONS...\fR]
[\fBheaders\fR:\fIGROUP-NAME\fR | \fBnews\fR:\fIMESSAGE-ID\fR]
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBPan\fR is a Usenet newsreader that is good at both text and binaries.
It supports offline reading, scoring and killfiles, yEnc, NZB, PGP
handling, multiple servers, and secure connections.
.SH USAGE
\fBpan\fR is a program that can be run headless in non-GUI mode, allowing
for batch processing of NZB files, downloading headers, and more.
.SH OPTIONS
.SS "General Options"
.TP
.B \-h, \-\-help
Print usage information and exit.
.TP
.B \-v, \-\-version
Print release version and exit.
.TP
.B \-\-verbose
Be verbose (in non-GUI mode).
.TP
.B \-\-debug
Run in debug mode. Use --debug twice for verbose debug.
.TP
.B \-\-debug-ssl
Run in TLS (aka SSL) debug mode.
.SS "URL Options"
.TP
.BR headers:\fIGROUP-NAME\fR
Download new headers for the \fIGROUP-NAME\fR newsgroup.
.TP
.B news:\fIMESSAGE-ID\fR
When specified together with \fB\-\-no-gui\fR, dump the \fIMESSAGE-ID\fR
article to standard output.
.SS "NZB Batch Options"
.TP
.B \-\-nzb \fIFILE-1 FILE-2 ...\fR
Process NZB files in non-GUI mode.
.TP
.B \-o, \-\-output=\fIPATH\fR
Path to save attachments listed in the NZB file(s).
.TP
.B \-\-no-gui
Only show console output, not the download queue.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
.B PAN_HOME
User data directory to use. Defaults to \fI$HOME/.pan2\fR.
.TP
.B SSL_CERT_DIR, SSL_DIR
Directories to search for SSL certificates.
.SH BUGS
To report a bug, visit: \fIhttp://pan.rebelbase.com/bugs/\fR