RE: Incoming host state file

I have the same problem. I don't think it is FreeBSD specific. I am
trying newsx on Mac OS X and the problem is the same.

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HAGIWARA Tadahiko
Yokohama, Japan


>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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