From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.general/28774 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Pieter Wenk Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.general Subject: Re: What is the use of /var/lock/news Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2000 10:43:12 +0100 Sender: owner-ding@hpc.uh.edu Message-ID: <20000116104312.C663@sre-4-139.urbanet.ch> References: <20000114221642.A10969@sre-4-139.urbanet.ch> <20000115083930.A506@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 1035165561 31584 80.91.224.250 (21 Oct 2002 01:59:21 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@main.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 21 Oct 2002 01:59:21 +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 4D5C9D051E for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 04:47:38 -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 DAB00217; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 03:46:16 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: by sina.hpc.uh.edu (TLB v0.09a (1.20 tibbs 1996/10/09 22:03:07)); Sun, 16 Jan 2000 03:45:51 -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 DAA17114 for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 03:45:38 -0600 (CST) Original-Received: from monterosa.urbanet.ch (monterosa.urbanet.ch [195.202.193.104]) by mailhost.sclp.com (Postfix) with SMTP id 90455D051E for ; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 04:44:07 -0500 (EST) Original-Received: (qmail 15762 invoked from network); 16 Jan 2000 09:44:00 -0000 Original-Received: from unknown (HELO sre-4-139.urbanet.ch) (195.202.209.139) by monterosa.urbanet.ch with SMTP; 16 Jan 2000 09:44:00 -0000 Original-Received: (from p.wenk@localhost) by sre-4-139.urbanet.ch (8.9.3/8.9.3) id KAA00753 for ding@gnus.org; Sun, 16 Jan 2000 10:43:12 +0100 Original-To: "(ding)" Mail-Followup-To: "(ding)" X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: X-Uptime: 10:19am up 7 min, 1 user, load average: 1.33, 1.00, 0.43 Precedence: list X-Majordomo: 1.94.jlt7 Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28774 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.gnus.general:28774 On sam, 15 jan 2000, Stainless Steel Rat wrote: >-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Hash: SHA1 > >* Pieter Wenk on Sat, 15 Jan 2000 >| Yes, I have leafnode, latest version 1.9.9 running. > >| Leafnode seems however to work absolutely correctly ? >| Fetchnews works....texpire also ? > >Then I suspect leafnode's NNTP server is creating the lock files. They are >created to prevent two or more instances of leafnode or especially >fetchnews from being started, which would effectively destroy your spool. Thanks a lot. But why leafnode's NNTP server is creating this file ? I understand this protective measure. But for what reason leafnode is locking ? Is something wrong with leafnode ? I assume, leafnode is creating such a file for a reason? Regards -- / / (_)____ __ ____ __ Pieter Wenk / /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / Vevey/Switzerland /____/_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\