Checkactive checks the format of news's
active file
(or the named
file , if specified),
and also checks the file for consistency with the
sys file.
Complaints, if any, are produced on standard output.
The
-n (numeric fields okay)
option suppresses checking of the relationship between the two middle
(numeric) fields,
for the case where they are about to be rebuilt.
The
-q (quick) option suppresses one test,
precise checking of the format of newsgroup names,
which is relatively slow for a large
active file.
The
-i (incomplete) option indicates that the input is only part of an
active file and might be incomplete,
e.g. it might not have entries for the
``control'' and ``junk''
pseudo-newsgroups.
