Re: [leafnode-list] Does fetch news log each message it fetches

["Timothy Clarke" <Timothy@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thank you it works great now
I thought the correct way was to send a HUP signal. now that ive replaced it
with SIGINT it works great
----- Original Message -----
From: "Cornelius Krasel" <krasel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <leafnode-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2000 10:46 AM
Subject: Re: [leafnode-list] Does fetch news log each message it fetches


> Timothy Clarke wrote:
>
> > For some reason it seems like if you stop fetchnews before it's fetched
> > fetching all the articles from a group it doesn't keep it's place and
will
> > reget the articles.
>
> This is not true. Fetchnews may only not update the .overview files.
> However, when fetching news checking is done by message id directly
> on the /var/spool/news/message.id directory ; therefore, fetchnews
> will only fetch the articles that have not been retrieved before. If
> you interrupt fetchnews in the middle of fetching an article, you may,
> however, not be able to retrieve this article fully.
>
> (However, if you stop fetchnews with a SIGINT signal it should even
>  update the overview files correctly.)
>
> --Cornelius.
>
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