Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site nicmad.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!uwvax!astroatc!nicmad!brown From: brown@nicmad.UUCP Newsgroups: net.news.b Subject: Bad history file: help needed to fix Message-ID: <411@nicmad.UUCP> Date: Mon, 4-Nov-85 15:16:13 EST Article-I.D.: nicmad.411 Posted: Mon Nov 4 15:16:13 1985 Date-Received: Tue, 5-Nov-85 07:29:35 EST Distribution: net Organization: Nicolet Instrument Corp. Madison WI Lines: 17 [Munch Munch Munch HUMMM, that history file sure tasted good!!!!] As can be surmised from the line above, our history file received some damage. At this point, reason is unknown. Because our history file is not up-to-date, articles are not getting removed when expire is run. How does one rebuild the data in the history file? Looking at the code, I discovered the -r option, but since C is still relatively new, haven't exactly figured out what the -r option does. I did start it to see what would happen. Well that ended in failure, as it hung up on the sort portion of the code. Any and all suggestions on how to rebuild our history file would be appreciated. Mike Brown -- Mr. Video {seismo!uwvax!|!decvax|!ihnp4}!nicmad!brown