From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/28759 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pieter Wenk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: What is the use of /var/lock/news Date: Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:16:42 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <20000114221642.A10969@sre-4-139.urbanet.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: coloc-standby.netfonds.no Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: main.gmane.org 1035165549 31517 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:59:09 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:59:09 +0000 (UTC) Return-Path: Original-Received: from bart.math.uh.edu (bart.math.uh.edu [129.7.128.48]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 155A2D051E for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:20:26 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: from sina.hpc.uh.edu (lists@Sina.HPC.UH.EDU [129.7.3.5]) by bart.math.uh.edu (8.9.1/8.9.1) with ESMTP id PAB06048; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:20:08 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:20:05 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from mailhost.sclp.com (postfix@sclp3.sclp.com [204.252.123.139]) by sina.hpc.uh.edu (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id PAA00969 for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 15:19:52 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from monterosa.urbanet.ch (monterosa.urbanet.ch [195.202.193.104]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 40229D051E for ; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 16:18:20 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (qmail 2613 invoked from network); 14 Jan 2000 21:17:33 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO sre-4-139.urbanet.ch) (195.202.209.139) by monterosa.urbanet.ch with SMTP; 14 Jan 2000 21:17:33 -0000 Original-Received: (from p.wenk@localhost) by sre-4-139.urbanet.ch (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA11056 for ding@gnus.org; Fri, 14 Jan 2000 22:16:42 +0100 Original-To: Gnus List Mail-Followup-To: Gnus List X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i X-Uptime: 10:02pm up 14:22, 1 user, load average: 0.78, 0.56, 0.49 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28759 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28759 Hello to all, By which program are created lck file in /var/lock/news ? What us the purpose of these files ? Are they created just in order to spoil somewhat the pleasure reading the news ? Inadvertently I did not notice the creation of such a file.... Result....in all my subscribed groups the different summary settings were just gone.... Is there away to get rid of such lock files ? I know of course the command rm... I mean with getting rid....that such damm...files are not created anymore...unless they are really required for a specific purpose justifying not to avoid their creation.... So far I do not see any use...except to be really annoying. It's perhaps somewhat out of topic...but since I have no idea which program is creating these "great" files...ie. leafnode or gnus....I should like to apologize for inconviences. Many thanks for your answers -- / / (_)____ __ ____ __ Pieter Wenk / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Vevey/Switzerland /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\