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From: urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs)
Newsgroups: news.software.b
Subject: Re: Inode limitation of news software
Message-ID: <+h70i2.1+6@smurf.sub.org>
Date: 11 Mar 91 23:36:16 GMT
References: <1991Mar03.111942.12658@gold.sub.org> <2oi[h2.k7a@smurf.sub.org> <1991Mar10.205041.10534@panix.uucp>
Organization: University of Karlsruhe, FRG
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In news.software.b, article <1991Mar10.205041.10534@panix.uucp>,
  alexis@panix.uucp (Alexis Rosen) writes:
< urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
< >< 
< >Yes -- create multiple partitions on the winchester, and mount them where you
< >need them.
< >Symlinks help here, but you can get by without them if you allocate your
< >disk space carefully.
< 
< I was under the impression that this would break crossreferencing, since
< articles posted to multiple groups are stored as one file with multiple
< hard links. Is C news clever enough to symlink when the groups are on
< different partitions? If not, how can this work?
< 
Oops, forgot about crossposts.

C News does create symlinks when necessary. It creates the first article in
the newsgroup mentioned first on the Newsgroups: line and symlinks all others
to it. It copies the article if you don't have symlinks. (I think.)

You can also tell expire not to remove the first link to an article until all
other links are gone, which is just what the symlink stuff needs to work
correctly.
RTFM for details.

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