Newsgroups: news.software.nntp Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!uunet!uunet!revell From: revell@uunet.uu.net (James R Revell Jr) Subject: Re: NNTPXMIT Problem reading the file of articles to send Message-ID: <1991Jun6.030325.1664@uunet.uu.net> Reply-To: revell@uunet.uu.net (James R Revell Jr) Organization: UUNET Communications Services, Falls Church, VA References: <1991Jun5.133033.24524@mach2.wlu.ca> <1991Jun5.172321.3359@zoo.toronto.edu> Date: Thu, 6 Jun 1991 03:03:25 GMT henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes: } derwin@mach2.WLU.CA (Daryl Erwin) writes: } >While trying to get NNTPXMIT to work yesterday, I found a problem } >with nntpxmit.c trying to read the file of articles to send. What is } >wrong here.... } > the file contains lines similar to } > /usr/spool/news/alt/test/1 435 } } Use the F flag, not the f flag, in your sys-file entries. See news(5). Seems odd to remind the author of features in his own code, but I believe the n flag is better for nntp links (equivalent of FI in bnews). This is in all the current Cnews' and not just the time- warped UUNET version right? -- James Revell sr uunet postmaster /8^{~