From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/7371 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Atkins Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: move ~/News ~/Mail dir? Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 01:31:00 -0400 Organization: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy NY, USA Message-ID: <877j4c6lbf.fsf@rpi.edu> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: main.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1148449232 13033 80.91.229.2 (24 May 2006 05:40:32 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:40:32 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed May 24 07:40:30 2006 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by ciao.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fim6Z-00068S-P8 for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 07:40:24 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1Fim6Z-0002no-9e for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 24 May 2006 01:40:23 -0400 Original-Path: shelby.stanford.edu!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.news.ucla.edu!canoe.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!news-ext.gatech.edu!128.113.26.86.MISMATCH!rpi!not-for-mail Original-Newsgroups: gnu.emacs.gnus Original-Lines: 39 Original-NNTP-Posting-Host: vpn-760.nss.rpi.edu Original-X-Trace: misc-cct.server.rpi.edu 1148448660 1184 128.113.211.10 (24 May 2006 05:31:00 GMT) Original-X-Complaints-To: news@rpi.edu Original-NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 24 May 2006 05:31:00 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.50 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZLy29SvQqSNGr6M3Rd974DMJkR8= Original-Xref: shelby.stanford.edu gnu.emacs.gnus:77554 Original-To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-BeenThere: info-gnus-english@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Announcements and discussions for GNUS, the GNU Emacs Usenet newsreader \(in English\)" List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.gnus.user:7371 Archived-At: Leon writes: > Dear all, > > I have been using gnus in my laptop with the default setting of News > and Mail dir's for about 6 months. I have decided to move these dir's > to another home in a server so that I can access them anywhere. > > The home in the server can be mounted to my laptop under ~/srcf. I > have customized gnus in my laptop with these lines in ~/.emacs: > > ,---- > | (setq > | gnus-startup-file "~/srcf/.newsrc" > | message-directory "~/srcf/Mail" > | message-auto-save-directory "~/srcf/Mail/drafts/" > | gnus-directory "~/srcf/News" > | gnus-cache-directory "~/srcf/News/cache/" > | nnfolder-directory "~/srcf/Mail/archive" > | ) > `---- > > However, when I start local gnus it still will create ~/Mail/archive > and ~/News and the SCORE file will be saved to ~/News too. > > Any suggestions? (setq gnus-directory "~/srcf/gnus") (setq message-directory "~/srcf/gnus/Mail") is (essentially) what I use. Most of the other variables you're setting inherit the values of message-directory or gnus-directory when they're initialized. -- You fool! You fell victim to one of the classic blunders! The most famous is, "Never get involved in a land war in Asia", but only slightly less well-known is this: "Never go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line"!