From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!vax135!ariel!deimos!orion!lime!burdvax!coltoff
Newsgroups: net.followup
Title: Re: small gripe
Article-I.D.: burdvax.134
Posted: Thu Sep  2 12:10:42 1982
Received: Sun Sep  5 03:42:29 1982
References: iheds.154

The real annoyance here is that the code in readr.c ( probably in
/usr/src/cmd/news ) only allows you to save files in your home
directory. I for one would like to establish a directory called
news and store them there. My home directory is for .*rc files
some small, short ramblings of my sick mind and a whole slew of
directories. In any case I save a file and then move it where I 
want it.

Since a fopen is used to save the article it is no trouble to
pass a directory in as an arguement but the code checks for this.

Does anyone know why you are restricted to the home directory
and can't put an article in another directory that you own?