From: David <de_bb@arcor.de>
To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Synchronizing multiple computers
Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:44:09 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <kzabmnz2jq.fsf@musil.physik3.gwdg.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <871w81tywn.fsf@hbox.dyndns.org>
Martin Geisler <mg@daimi.au.dk> writes:
> I normally keep my Gnus running at all times on my work computer. Is it
> safe to copy files back and forth in that case?
No.
> As I understand it, Gnus saves its changes in the dribble file which is
> saved into the .newsrc.eld file at shutdown. I don't shutdown Gnus at
> work, so will I be able to see the chances in the .newsrc.eld file?
Well, is there a special reason why you would have to keep Gnus running
at work in the first place? Of course, it also happens to me that I
simply forget to shut it down, but you can do that remotely via ssh
using emacsclient.
-David
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-01-30 16:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-01-28 19:46 Martin Geisler
2008-01-28 20:31 ` David
2008-01-28 21:34 ` Reiner Steib
2008-01-28 23:32 ` David
2008-02-04 23:32 ` David
[not found] ` <mailman.6973.1202167981.18990.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2008-02-05 15:13 ` Gour
2008-02-10 11:25 ` Gour
2008-02-10 17:31 ` David
2008-01-28 21:37 ` Martin Geisler
2008-01-30 16:44 ` David [this message]
2008-01-30 17:40 ` Martin Geisler
[not found] ` <mailman.6686.1201630106.18990.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2008-01-30 16:04 ` Stefan Monnier
2008-01-30 17:57 ` Martin Geisler
2008-01-31 19:37 ` Reiner Steib
2008-02-01 7:37 ` Martin Geisler
[not found] ` <mailman.6834.1201851616.18990.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2008-02-01 8:19 ` Gour
[not found] ` <mailman.6759.1201715839.18990.info-gnus-english@gnu.org>
2008-01-31 11:50 ` Johan Bockgård
2008-02-01 7:35 ` Martin Geisler
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