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>>>>> "Harry" == Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com> writes:

[...]

Harry> I see how to call functions in batchmode with the -f flag and  how
Harry> to load files etc, but this is a bit more complicated I think.  How
Harry> can I tell gnus which server to use?  These are not the default ones.

Harry> The line below seems to work on the default nnml server but how
Harry> to evaluate something to set a different one ... on the command line.

Harry> emacs  -batch -l .emacs -l .gnus -f nnml-generate-nov-databases

Probably, you want gnus-open-server and gnus-request-regenerate.  Both
take a SERVER as an argument, such as "archive", "nnml:private". But
you'd better start gnus (or gnus-slave, gnus-no-server) first.

Shenghuo