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From: sks@hcfeams.UUCP (Sam Spitzner)
Newsgroups: net.news.b
Subject: Re: Problem with inews.
Message-ID: <271@hcfeams.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Oct-86 17:28:31 EDT
Article-I.D.: hcfeams.271
Posted: Thu Oct 23 17:28:31 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Oct-86 07:01:07 EDT
References: <267@hcfeams.UUCP>
Organization: ARSB support, Illinois Bell, Chicago, IL
Lines: 23
Keywords: Won't update "active" file.
Summary: fix with suggestion

In article <267@hcfeams.UUCP>, sks@hcfeams.UUCP (Sam Spitzner) writes:
> I recently installed news version B 2.11 beta 9/22/86.  I am being
> flooded with messages in my "log" file concerning "Cannot write
> file, already exists."
> The problem was traced to the active file not being updated
> with articles posted on my machine.
> I am running on a DEC 8600 running SVR2.0.   The C compiler is
> release 6.0.  Any ideas as to where to look?

The problem is in the fflush call following the fprintf.  
The resolution is to add the line "setbuf(actfp, NULL);" immediately
following the xfopen(actfp, r+) call.  This will turn off buffering
for this file.  This seems to be necessary only when writing partial
lines.

I don't know if this same problem exists with other machines running
pure SVR2.0, but it seems like a minor fix to make (just in case).

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