Re: [leafnode-list] suggestion for next version....

[Stefan Hutter <s.hutter@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Russell J. Romano" schrieb:
> 
> I run fetchnews from within a script that brings up my PPP connection.  I run
> this script via cron in the middle of the night.  I have a slow news server
> and find that fetchnews often runs for a LONG time without downloading all
> that many articles.  I know there is a maxfetch variable (or something to that
> affect) that says download only x articles in one session.  I would like to
> see a maxtime option.  That would allow me to say download everything you can
> get in 2 hours and then stop.
> 

Try a "killall -INT fetchnews" two hours later via cron.

But:   ** I never tried this ! **


Greetings			Stefan Hutter

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