Xref: utzoo news.software.b:6274 news.software.nn:1346 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!uflorida!mlb.semi.harris.com!thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com!del From: del@thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com (Don Lewis) Newsgroups: news.software.b,news.software.nn Subject: Re: REPLY: Why use NN when there is TRN??? Message-ID: <1990Nov28.042204.15512@mlb.semi.harris.com> Date: 28 Nov 90 04:22:04 GMT References: <14@grumbly.UUCP> <2867@gazette.bcm.tmc.edu> Sender: news@mlb.semi.harris.com Organization: Harris Semiconductor, Melbourne FL Lines: 26 Nntp-Posting-Host: thrush.mlb.semi.harris.com In article urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes: >It might help to have at least a somewhat-standard way to get (part of?) a >thread file/database from the server. Something like... > >C> DBASE TRN news.software.b [section] [range] [whatever] >S> 3xy 3628 bytes follow >S> [ sends 3628 bytes of binary data ] >S> 2yz Got that? I implemented something like that here. I added a command to nntpd that causes it to read the trn thread file and spit out it out in an ascii-fied format. I patched trn to ask for the thread information from the server and slurp up the response. Instead of providing a way for trn to fetch the active2 file, I hacked relaynews to update the .thread files as it is processing articles, eliminating the need for active2. This system works pretty well, but it is a nightmare to maintain (which is the main reason I haven't installed the recent CNEWS patches). I'd love it if there were a standard database and the proper extensions to the NNTP protocol so that I could run software straight out of the box again. -- Don "Truck" Lewis Harris Semiconductor Internet: del@mlb.semi.harris.com PO Box 883 MS 62A-028 Phone: (407) 729-5205 Melbourne, FL 32901