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From: gaeta@pacs.picker.com (jay gaeta)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions,news.software.b
Subject: Bnews2.11/SPOOLNEWS - Why TWO "rnews -S -p XXX..." running?
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Date: 16 Mar 91 23:10:58 GMT
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Organization: Picker International, Inc., Highland Heights, OH
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I have set up Bnews 2.11 to "SPOOLNEWS" (Get the feed, unbatch files later).
I am trying to figure out why my system gets so slow during unbatching.  I 
have set up a crontab entry to run "rnews -U" approximately one hour after
my system Polls for a feed.  When I check to see how it is going (with ps),
this is what I see:

    root 22529    77  0 08:13:00 ?        0:00 sh -c /usr/bin/rnews -U 
    root 22530 22529  0 08:13:00 ?        0:00 /usr/bin/rnews -U 
    root 24040 22530 36 10:19:15 ?        0:00 rnews -S -p 910313105657a0 
    root 24079 24040  8 10:22:42 ?        0:00 rnews -S -p 910313105657a0 

I have no explanation as to why there are TWO "rnews -U" and TWO
"rnews -S -p XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" running...  It just does not look right.
The documentation in this area is to say the least "sparse".  I will
look at the sources, but I can't help but feel that I am repeating
the steps along a well traveled path, and that someone else has
already figured it out...


Jay Gaeta (216)-473-2441
Picker International, Inc.
595 Miner Rd, Highland Heights, OH  44143
(UUCP: ...!uunet!picker!gaeta) (Internet: gaeta@picker.com)