Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!ames!oliveb!sun!shannon From: shannon@sun.uucp (Bill Shannon) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.software.b Subject: Re: rmgroups for old rec groups have been posted Message-ID: <10523@sun.uucp> Date: Wed, 17-Dec-86 03:08:48 EST Article-I.D.: sun.10523 Posted: Wed Dec 17 03:08:48 1986 Date-Received: Thu, 18-Dec-86 00:05:14 EST References: <43004@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> <2838@fritz.UUCP> Organization: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Lines: 4 Summary: rmgroup doesn't lock active file Xref: mnetor news.admin:73 news.software.b:107 I got all the rmgroups. Unfortunately, I found out the hard way that rmgroup still doesn't lock the active file while doing its work, so if news is coming in while you're rmgroup'ing, you'll corrupt your active file.