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From: neal@denelcor.UUCP (Neal Weidenhofer)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: ? how to keep .newsrc clean ?
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Date: Thu, 8-Mar-84 17:58:42 EST
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Posted: Thu Mar  8 17:58:42 1984
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>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