Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site denelcor.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: ? how to keep .newsrc clean ? Message-ID: <352@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 17:58:42 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.352 Posted: Thu Mar 8 17:58:42 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Mar-84 09:56:47 EST References: <177@cbnap.UUCP> Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 17 ************************************************************************** >One good way to find all duplicate entries in either a .newsrc or an >active file is to run the file through sort. This helps clean up the >files, but doesn't prevent the system from creating more duplicates. In fact, I believe that it encourages the system to create more duplicates. I tried sorting mine so that I could read it and I discovered that if an item wasn't where readnews expected it, it created a new one rather than look at the rest of the file. Can anyone who knows readnews correct or augment my info? Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc.!denelcor!neal