sneakers@heimat.UUCP (Dan "Sneakers" Schein) (11/18/88)
[Eat me please...... I think we would both enjoy it] Several Amiga UUCP/UseNet disks have been distributed with a slight problem. To tell if your version is affected or not, check the file "UUCP1:readme/UPDATES". If the following four (4) lines are the *last* four lines in that file, you are affected. +----------- | | 11/10/88 Sneakers (1) Changed the temp directory for PNews-X from | uucp:spool to t: | (2) Files "UseNet.standards" contained how2usenet, | it has been deleted | +----------- The problem affects the posting of news articles to UseNet via the Pnews-E and Pnews-M commands. What happens is the temp news file was not being copied from T: to UUCP:spool -=- This caused news article(s) to be lost. It has now been fixed! To fix the Pnews-X commands simply replace this line: +----------- | | rename(temp_file_name, data_file); | +----------- with these 2 lines: +----------- | | sprintf(cmd,"copy %s uucp:spool/%s", temp_file_name, data_file); | system(cmd); | +----------- and recompile both programs. Replacing the old (broken) binary & source file. If you do not have access to a compiler, either E-Mail me for a UUencoded copy of the binaries *or* call Berks Amiga BBS and download the fixed source code and/or binaries. -- Dan "Sneakers" Schein {pyramid|rutgers|uunet}!cbmvax!heimat!sneakers Sneakers Computing 2455 McKinley Ave. Of course heimat is an Amiga. West Lawn, PA 19609 Doesn't everyone run UUCP & UseNet on an Amiga? Call: BERKS AMIGA BBS - 60+ Megs - 24 Hrs - 3/12/2400 Baud - 215/678-7691