From: Thorsten Bonow <thorsten.bonow@withouthat.org>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Synchronising my usenet usage between different machines
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 20:13:26 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sjjou1t5.fsf@withouthat.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87zkdw66sm.fsf@necronomicon.my.domain>
>>>>> "Christian" == Christian Kellermann <ckeen@pestilenz.org> writes:
Christian> Dear Group, I use gnus to read news at work and at home. I would
Christian> like to synchronise my meta data between these two places so
Christian> that the article and group submission status is synced somehow.
Christian> From reading the manual ".newsrc", ".newsrc.eld" and
Christian> ".newsrc-dribble" are the usual suspects. Do I need to sync more
Christian> than this?
Christian> Also is there a way to make gnus read in these files again if
Christian> they get changed beneath it or should I quit gnus during the
Christian> process of synchronisation?
Christian> Is this described already somewhere?
Christian> Thanks!
Christian> Christian
Hi, I'm using the procedure described in the EmacsWiki:
http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/GnusSync
Needs rsync & ssh and you need net access to the other machine. But it should
be possible to adapt it to save the data to e.g. a memory stick.
Hope this helps.
Toto
--
Mal: Well, they tell you never hit a man with a closed fist, but it is
on occasion hilarious.
Malcom 'Mal' Reynolds (Nathan Fillion), Firefly: The Train Job
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