Re: Where should groups.dat be located?

* Larry Alkoff <[email protected]> [06-06-07 14:08]:
> I'm using slrn and slrnpull and have spent several days configuring them.
> 
> When I get the list of groups, I see them in the slrn window, subscribe 
> to a group, then quit slrn.
> The list of groups doesn't appear next time I start slrn, probably 
> because the groups.dat file is in the wrong location.  Groups.dat and 
> groups.dat.time are being put in /usr/local/bin where the script below runs.
> 
> 
> To get the list of groups I first make sure
> set write_newsrc_flags 0
> is in ~/.slrnrc
> 
> and then issus
> slrn --nntp -h news.west.earthlink.net -a -f groups.dat --create
> 
> which should start slrn and download the groups and put them in the file 
> groups.dat.
> 
> I presume that the '-f groups.dat' should have a path but have no idea 
> what the path should be.

man slrn

14:31 wahoo:~ > slrn --help
Usage: slrn [--inews] [--nntp ...] [--spool] OPTIONS
-a              Use active file for getting new news.
-f newsrc-file  Name of the newsrc file to use.
-C[-]           [Do not] use colors.
-Dname          Add 'name' to list of predefined preprocessing tokens.
-d              Get new text descriptions of each group from server.
                 Note: This may take a LONG time to retrieve this information.
                 The resulting file can be several hundred Kilobytes!
-i init-file    Name of initialization file to use (default: .slrnrc)
-k              Do not process score file.
-k0             Process score file but inhibit expensive scores.
-m              Force XTerm mouse reporting
-n              Do not check for new groups.  This usually results in
                 a faster startup.
-w              Wait for key before switching to full screen mode
-w0             Wait for key (only when warnings / errors occur)
--create        Create a newsrc file by getting list of groups from server.
--debug FILE    Write debugging information to FILE
--help          Print this usage.
--kill-log FILE Keep a log of all killed articles in FILE
--version       Show version and supported features

NNTP mode has additional options; use "slrn --nntp --help" to display them.



14:34 wahoo:~ > env | grep -i nntp
NNTPSERVER=news-server.indy.rr.com

slrn -f ~/.newsrc -i ~/.slrnrc -C -h news-server.indy.rr.com --create

then

slrn -f ~/.rrnewsrc -i ~/.slrnrc -C -h news-server.indy.rr.com


Note the paths.
If this example doesn't help, ask again.

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