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From: geoff@utcsstat.UUCP (Geoff Collyer)
Newsgroups: net.followup,net.unix
Subject: Re: Readnews and signals....
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Date: Tue, 22-May-84 20:25:27 EDT
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Posted: Tue May 22 20:25:27 1984
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Readnews actually catches SIGHUP (a hangup signal) and last time I
tried it, it updated my .newsrc (which was a real pain since I was
planning to type x to get out without update).  Readnews might still be
susceptible to multiple hangups in rapid succession (depending upon
your kernel's treatment of signals), or perhaps was hit by a SIGKILL
due to 4.2BSD's rlogin.

Readnews is far too cavalier about rewriting .newsrc and has trashed
enough .newsrc's that I copy my .newsrc to a backup file before I read news.

Don't confuse B news with production software.  Remember, B news is Bad news.