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- From: rob@spirits.ka.sub.org (Roland Bless)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.uucp
- Subject: Re: Arn problems - empty newsgroups
- Message-ID: <nJA-r*Ul2@spirits.ka.sub.org>
- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 17:24:23 GMT
- References: <BxuCr0.Byq@ais.org>
- Organization: Blessed Software Products, private, Karlsruhe (FRG)
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- In article <BxuCr0.Byq@ais.org>, Tony Poole writes:
-
- > I have a feeling this is something simple, but I've read the docs ten times,
- > to no avail....
-
- Oops. The new version (soon coming, waiting for the SAS/C patch) should
- have a much clearer docs.
-
- > Having just set up my newsfeed, I have been testing out various newsreaders,
- > and have found Arn to be the most suited for my needs. However, I'm unable
- > to get it to work properly.
-
- Let's see.
-
- > Rnews runs fine - I have articles stored in their respective directories in
- > UUNEWS:, each with a .next file. Arnmaster appears to run fine, but doesn't
- > create any database files anywhere. Is it supposed to, or am I
- > misunderstanding how this works?
-
- ArnMaster creates databases, that's right. It uses information about (new)
- articles from ACTIVEFILE and ACTIVEFILE.bak (which is always the active-file
- from Arnmasters latest scan, so it can recognize new articles).
- ArnMaster should be run before you start Arn or each time you get new articles
- (ArnDaemon or cron can be used for this purpose). If UULIB:active.bak is identical
- to UULIB:active (in your case), ArnMaster doesn't scan. Delete UULIB:active.bak
- or use "ArnMaster -C" which forces ArnMaster to check all articles.
-
- ArnMaster requires a configuration-file (UULIB:.arnmasterrc) unless you
- use a ".arnrc" in the UULIB: directory (in this case you can put all
- entries for ArnMaster into this file).
-
- First of all, you must be sure that a correct ACTIVE-file is used.
- But if Arn displays groups it seems to be found. The initial active-file
- must be set up by you!!
-
- > display xx new, yy unread, yy total. I select a group, Arn tells me it's
- > creating a database, spins the HD for a minute or so, and then pops back
- > with an "empty newsgroup" prompt, even when it says there are new articles.
-
- Obviously, ArnMaster isn't able to find the newsgroups or to write down the
- databases. Maybe you can use "ArnMaster -d" or snoopdos for more
- information.
-
- > If someone could help me out with this, I'd very much appreciate it.
-
- Feel free to mail me (some mails have been lost in the last two weeks,
- sorry, problem at host should be fixed now).
-
- Your config-files seem to be correct at a first glance.
-
- > ACTIVEFILE UULIB:active
- > UPDATEACTIVE Yes
- > ARNMASTERLOG uuspool:ArnMasterLog
- > COUNTLINES Yes
-
- What says the logfile if ArnMaster was started?
-
- > Tony Poole tony@umcc.ais.org * tony@irie.ais.org
- > Traverse City, MI USA tony@cherry1.trv.mi.us * tony@cherry1.UUCP
-
- Regards,
- Roland
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