From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.emacs.gnus.user/10238 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.gnus.user Subject: Re: Synchronizing multiple computers Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:44:09 +0100 Message-ID: References: <87ir1d7mye.fsf@hbox.dyndns.org> <87bq75669s.fsf@arcor.de> <871w81tywn.fsf@hbox.dyndns.org> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1201711498 11399 80.91.229.12 (30 Jan 2008 16:44:58 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:44:58 +0000 (UTC) To: info-gnus-english@gnu.org Original-X-From: info-gnus-english-bounces+gegu-info-gnus-english=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Wed Jan 30 17:45:17 2008 Return-path: Envelope-to: gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1JKG3g-0005jL-GC for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 17:45:08 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKG3F-0006pz-Dp for gegu-info-gnus-english@m.gmane.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:44:41 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKG2v-0006ni-IG for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:44:21 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1JKG2t-0006nV-Tv for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:44:20 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1JKG2t-0006nS-OX for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:44:19 -0500 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2] helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JKG2t-0001ay-7k for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 11:44:19 -0500 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JKG2q-00031S-Dd for info-gnus-english@gnu.org; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:44:16 +0000 Original-Received: from musil.physik3.gwdg.de ([134.76.92.62]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:44:16 +0000 Original-Received: from de_bb by musil.physik3.gwdg.de with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Wed, 30 Jan 2008 16:44:16 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 16 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: musil.physik3.gwdg.de User-Agent: Gnus/5.110007 (No Gnus v0.7) Emacs/22.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:TIMOotlytKJzvs5UGBcDvqm+iy0= X-detected-kernel: by monty-python.gnu.org: Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) 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:10238 Archived-At: Martin Geisler 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