Re: lost topics... again

[Reiner Steib <reinersteib+gmane@imap.cc>]

On Fri, Feb 15 2008, lg work wrote:

> Reiner Steib wrote:
[...]
> I  created my topic again so I don't  know the status of my
> ~/.newsrc.eld
>
> I know that I lost topic configuration and newsgroups subscription. Next
> time I will look that file.

The topics configuration is stored in ~/.newsrc.eld

>>> Is there a way to recover?
>>
>> When running the bleeding edge version of Emacs you surely have a
>> backup.  So restore the backup of ~/.newsrc.eld (and ~/.newsrc).
>
> ok. Is there a gnus-way to do this backup?

I in mind a real backup of your home directory.  But there's
`gnus-backup-startup-file' and (info "(emacs)Backup"):

,----[ (info "(gnus)Startup Files") ]
|    The `gnus-startup-file' variable says where the startup files are.
| The default value is `~/.newsrc', with the Gnus (El Dingo) startup file
| being whatever that one is, with a `.eld' appended.  If you want
| version control for this file, set `gnus-backup-startup-file'.  It
| respects the same values as the `version-control' variable.
`----

Bye, Reiner.
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