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!burl!ulysses!harpo!seismo!hao!denelcor!neal From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer) Newsgroups: net.news,net.unix Subject: readnews questions Message-ID: <346@denelcor.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Mar-84 16:11:24 EST Article-I.D.: denelcor.346 Posted: Tue Mar 6 16:11:24 1984 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Mar-84 07:29:18 EST Organization: Denelcor, Aurora, CO Lines: 25 ************************************************************************** A couple of questions/gripes about readnews and associated topics: 1. Why does "U" (unsubscribe) take so long -- sometimes > 25 min (on a moderately loaded pdp-11/44)? 2. I am trying to split my news reading into two parts -- "work" and "personal". To do this, I created a couple shell scripts that look like: cp x .newsrc readnews cp .newsrc x The problem is that the second cp USUALLY doesn't work -- after I exit readnews and get my prompt back, x is unchanged. About one time in ten, x is updated properly. I can (and do) always redo the cp by hand and it works then. Can anyone help? Regards, Neal Weidenhofer Denelcor, Inc.!denelcor!neal