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- From: ka6etb@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (KA6ETB Steve Harding)
- Newsgroups: comp.bbs.waffle
- Subject: Re: ncsu dup checker/HellDiver problems
- Message-ID: <cZXYrATJBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US>
- Date: Sat, 23 Jan 93 11:46:20 -0800
- References: <WGUYrA-JBh107h@Garg.Campbell.CA.US> <rHNYrAhCBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US> <bHXYrAkJBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US>
- Reply-To: steveh@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US
- Organization: The GRAFex Company
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- In <bHXYrAkJBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US> ka6etb@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (KA6ETB Steve Harding) writes:
- >In <WGUYrA-JBh107h@Garg.Campbell.CA.US> revc@Garg.Campbell.CA.US (Bob Van Cleef) writes:
- >>In <rHNYrAhCBh107h@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US> ka6etb@grafex.Cupertino.CA.US (KA6ETB Steve Harding) writes:
- >>>Found a problem when running ncsu and using helldiver.
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- >>nscu has one option for saving a control file in each directory.
- >>The file is named nscu.ctl. Helldiver tries to convert that filename
- >>into a number... Thus the strange article counts. If you remove all
- >>of those files, and do not use the -hf option, Helldiver appears to
- >>work correctly again.
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- >If that is the case, then it sounds as tho HellDiver is the culprit.
-
- >'Tis unfortunate. The -hf option is suggested if one is receiving
- >news from more than one source. Not counting sbay.* swapping, I have
- >two news feeds.
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- Forgot to mention: sbay.* is a local newsgroup.
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- And...just after I posted this, I remembered something. If Bob's
- comment is correct, how come HellDiver keeps showing me old news?
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