+'\" t
.TH INNDUCT 8
.SH NAME
innduct \- quickly and reliably stream Usenet articles to remote site
constantly "tailing" the feed file, and where implemented uses
.BR inotify (2)
to reduce the latency which would come from having to constantly poll
-the feed file. innduct is much smaller and simpler, at <4kloc to
-innfeed's 25kloc. innfeed needs a separate helper script or similar
+the feed file. innduct is much smaller and simpler, at <5kloc to
+innfeed's ~25kloc. innfeed needs a separate helper script or similar
infrastructure (of which there is an example in its manpage), whereas
innduct can be run directly and doesn't need help from shell scripts.
However, innfeed is capable of feeding multiple peers from a single
.TP
.B innxmit
is the actual NNTP feeder program used by nntpsend.
+.LP
+.TS
+l l l l.
+ \fBinnfeed\fR \fBinnduct\fR \fBnntpsend/innxmit\fR
+realtime feed Yes Yes No
+reliable No Yes Yes
+source code size 24kloc 4.6kloc 1.9kloc
+invoke once for all sites Yes No Yes
+number of processes one 1/site 2/site, intermittently
+.TE
.SH EXIT STATUS
.TP
.B 0
.SH FILES
innduct dances a somewhat complicated dance with innd to make sure
that everything goes smoothly and that there are no races. (See the
-two ascii-art diagrams in innduct.c for details of the protocol.) Do
+two ascii-art diagrams in README.states for details of the protocol.) Do
not mess with the feedfile and other associated files, other than as
explained here:
.IX Header "FILES"