Re: [leafnode-list] A new articles problem

[Mike Castle <dalgoda@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, Jul 23, 2000 at 08:41:58PM +0200, Cornelius Krasel wrote:
> If you immediately start the newsreader, it might even be possible
> that you corrupt your overview files by having two processes (fetchnews
> and the nntpd) trying to create a new overview file.

Shouldn't they create the overview file under a different name, then do a
rename?  At worst you waste cpu cycles, but you never corrupt anything.

mrc
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