Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!csd4.milw.wisc.edu!mailrus!ames!fxgrp!news From: grady@fxgrp.fx.com (Steven Grady) Newsgroups: news.software.b Subject: Cnews config file Message-ID: <1989Aug11.005854.12935@fxgrp.fx.com> Date: 11 Aug 89 00:58:54 GMT Reply-To: grady@fxgrp.fx.com (Steven Grady) Organization: FXDevelopment, Mountain View, CA Lines: 12 Is there a reason why the config file (ie /usr/lib/news/bin/config normally) does not export the variable settings? I've got alternate paths set up in the config file, but they don't get propagated (eg from rnews to newsspool) because the variables are not exported to the environment. Seems like it makes the config file kind of useless. Will it cause problems if I change the config file to export the variables? Steven ...!ucbvax!grady grady@postgres.berkeley.edu "Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue!"