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From: nsb@THUMPER.BELLCORE.COM (Nathaniel Borenstein)
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Subject: Re: CUI 'take'
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Date: 20 May 91 14:25:32 GMT
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The takehints command was optimized for the multi-bboard-server case. 
Thus the only selectivity you can do is whether to take ALL hints or
only those dropped by this bboard-server machine.  Without modifying the
code, you might be able to get the effect you desire by running your
local & external stuff on different servers, and only taking the hints
from the current machine.  Beyond that, it's a simple matter of code --
see MS_TakeHints in ams/libs/ms/rawdb.c....