Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!utkcs2!de5 From: de5@ornl.gov (Dave Sill) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: i-nodes and Cnews (really pre-SVR4 and C News) Message-ID: <1991Apr9.164220.13618@cs.utk.edu> Date: 9 Apr 91 16:42:20 GMT References: <1991Apr7.194503.22015@techbook.com> <1991Apr8.203030.7210@world.std.com> Sender: usenet@cs.utk.edu (USENET News Poster) Reply-To: Dave Sill Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory Lines: 24 In article <1991Apr8.203030.7210@world.std.com>, geoff@world.std.com (Geoff Collyer) writes: > >If your system supports symbolic links, you don't need to change C News >at all; just mount the other file system(s) in appropriate places (e.g. >under /usr/spool/news, or elsewhere with symbolic links from under >/usr/spool/news). C News will create symbolic links as necessary under >/usr/spool/news. You will need to invoke expire with -l though. Why would C News create symbolic links? If you've symlinked an additional filesystem under /usr/spool/news, wouldn't it just follow the symlink and create regular files? I assume the -l option to expire is required to make it follow symlinks. >If you have a pure System V that lacks symbolic links, help is on the way. >At least one person has already modified C News to copy files to implement >cross-posting. How does copying cross-posted articles help? You're still using an i-node. I must be missing something. -- Dave Sill (de5@ornl.gov) It will be a great day when our schools have Martin Marietta Energy Systems all the money they need and the Air Force Workstation Support has to hold a bake sale to buy a new bomber.