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From: rem@remsit.UUCP (Roger Murray)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix
Subject: Re: SCO netnews problems
Message-ID: <448@remsit.UUCP>
Date: 19 Jan 88 18:18:12 GMT
References: <7@maxx.UUCP>
Reply-To: rem@remsit.UUCP (Roger Murray)
Organization: REM's IT, Santa Monica, CA
Lines: 31
Keywords: Xenix,386,news,uucp

In article <7@maxx.UUCP> tyager@maxx.UUCP (Tom Yager) writes:
>Hey, all:
>I've just gotten my '386 system running with SCO Xenix and netnews, most of
>which (as you can see) works fine, with a couple of exceptions:
>  1. The dates and times in the "history" file are not correct. My system
>     date, and the dates stamped on directory entries, are.

History file dates and times are stored in GMT.

>  2. 'expire' specified with -e 5 is failing to remove articles dating
>     back 3-4 weeks ago! I'm using the -i switch as well to ignore
>     expiration dates, but it's still not working. My filesystem is filling
>     up fast, so I really need some help here. How does expire determine the
>     creation date of an article??

I'm not sure if you mean "There are entries in the history file that it's
not getting rid of" or "When I go poking around /usr/spool/news (or whatever)
I see files with dust on them.  What gives?"  If it's the former, I'm not sure
what to suggest.  If it's the latter, I'd rebuild your history file and try
expire one more time.

>  3. The "more (nn%)" prompt in 'vnews' displays incorrect percentages when
>     reading long files; it wraps around into negative numbers.

That has always been a problem, ever since I can remember.  My solution was
to install rn.  :-)
-- 
Roger Murray

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