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From: karl@ficc.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix,comp.unix.questions,news.software.b
Subject: Re: loosing files in news
Keywords: rn news active history
Message-ID: <+UG1:62xds12@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 1 Feb 90 16:23:09 GMT
References: <62@fleet.UUCP>
Reply-To: karl@ficc.uu.net (Karl Lehenbauer)
Organization: Ferranti International Controls
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In article <62@fleet.UUCP> mel@fleet.UUCP (mel) writes:
>I've suddenly began loosing my "active" and "history" files in the news
>directory "/usr/lib/news".  

I have seen active files disappear if you run out of space in your spool
partition while the active file is being updated (the temp file is
created in /usr/spool/news).

I have seen history files disappear if you run out of space on whatever
partition /usr/lib/news is in during an expire.

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