RE: Incoming host state file

Hmmm,  then there may be problems with the FreeBSD port since the incoming
state file doesn't seem to update unless a clean run of newsx has gone
through(ex, you didn't have a socket error, or an NNTP read error)

-----Original Message-----
From: John Covici [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 12:20 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: Incoming host state file


When this happens newsx seems to know what it has downloded and
renames a temp file to the proper inocming file.

on Mon, 13 Jan 2003 10:31:24 -0700 "Triebwasser, Mark"
<[email protected]> wrote:

> When does an update occur for the incoming host state file?
>
> The incoming host state file doesn't seem to update when newsx does an
> abort/irregular exit.  Can you make newsx update the state file on regular
> intervals(eg every 100 articles pulled)?  
>
> For example:
>    The group contains 3000 new articles.  Newsx pulls down the first 1000
> new articles and receives a:
> 			newsx: read error on socket: No such file or
> directory
> 			transfer interrupted
>    Now, when you restart newsx, newsx must check from the beginning of the
> new articles for them in your local history.   Causing quite a delay until
> you reach article 1001.  Thus, slowing down the overall pull rate.
>
> Mark
>
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