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From: zeeff@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us (Jon Zeeff)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: dbz caveat
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Date: 17 Oct 89 13:57:55 GMT
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Organization: Branch Technology, Ann Arbor, MI
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>In case anyone is interested, one of the reasons why an "official" dbz for
>C News is being delayed is that I'm experimenting with a variant which
>grows the table automatically when it starts to get full.

Since expire has to rebuild it anyway, I propose that this is the time to
check if the size is too small and adjust it (vs in the middle of things).
You could also use the current size of the .pag file to save what the
size currently is.


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