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Re: why not just .newsrc?
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Peter Münster |
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Re: why not just .newsrc? |
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Sun, 06 Jul 2014 23:50:03 +0200 |
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On Sun, Jul 06 2014, David Engster wrote:
> Emanuel Berg writes:
>> One thing I don't understand is, if .newsrc-dribble is
>> used to track every little change, just to have in case
>> of a crash (which never happens), then why not do that
>> to .newsrc itself, keeping it up-to-date constantly?
>> (.newsrc or .newsrc.eld)
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> . That would increase the chance of a crash corrupting .newsrc.eld
> itself, instead of just the dribble file.
Yes, but there is still "newsrc.eld~" and probably backups.
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Peter
- .newsrc-dribble autosave, akb427, 2014/07/05
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- Re: why not just .newsrc?, Emanuel Berg, 2014/07/06
- Re: why not just .newsrc?, Peter Münster, 2014/07/06
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- Re: why not just .newsrc?, Emanuel Berg, 2014/07/06
- Re: .newsrc-dribble autosave, Michael Heerdegen, 2014/07/06