Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!cs.utexas.edu!wotan!moxie!sugar!ficc!taronga!peter From: peter@taronga.hackercorp.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Re: Cnews locking -- stale ones Message-ID: Date: 21 Apr 91 00:30:19 GMT References: Organization: A corner of our bedroom Lines: 14 urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes: > If that network file system connection isn't reliable enough, it seems that > there's a danger of something breaking in a bad way I'm aware of this. We only do batching remotely: we rexec (similar to rsh) rnews for incoming batches. The reason for doing the batching remotely is to minimise the loss if a network connection drops: the worst that can happen is a duplicate batch and a batch lock hanging around until someone notices. Doing it the other way (for example, rexecing uux) leads to lost batches. -- (peter@taronga.hackercorp.com) `-_-' 'U`