warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu (John Kennedy) (03/19/91)
Anybody know a clever way to track these articles down and kill `em off so they're not causing problems? I get this mail every day from doexpire: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (start) expire problems: expire: wrong number of fields in history `<1991Feb20.153104.4390@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> ...' expire: wrong number of fields in history `<1991Feb26.200814.20317@cs.cmu.edu> 6676...' expire: wrong number of fields in history `<BF1Ny1w163w@shark.cs.fau.edu> 668858933...' =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (finish) The start and finish are added by me, of course. Anyway, I'm running CNews (just shy of the latest patch), NNTP 1.5.11 and I'm a wee bit short of space in the slice where I keep the history files (periodic warnings, but no real problem). Short of grepping for the ID in every article on my system, how do I dispose of these guys? -- Warlock, AKA +-----------------------------------------------+ John Kennedy | internet: warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu | CSU Chico +-----------------------------------------------+ KC6RCK IBM, You BM, We All BM for IBM!
karish@mindcraft.com (Chuck Karish) (03/20/91)
In article <1991Mar19.095440.6559@ecst.csuchico.edu> warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu (John Kennedy) writes: > Anybody know a clever way to track these articles down and kill `em off so >they're not causing problems? I get this mail every day from doexpire: The bad lines in the history file cause more problems than the articles themselves do. Edit 'em out and run mkdbm, being sure to lock the news system while doing so. I just leave the articles there if I can't find them by reading the mangled history lines. There aren't that many of them, and they do get cleaned out eventually. >Short of grepping for the ID in every article on my system, how do I >dispose of these guys? At least one of the lines in the example you gave included the installation time of the article, which should suggest something. Chuck Karish karish@mindcraft.com Mindcraft, Inc. (415) 323-9000
henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) (03/20/91)
In article <1991Mar19.095440.6559@ecst.csuchico.edu> warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu (John Kennedy) writes: > Anybody know a clever way to track these articles down and kill `em off so >they're not causing problems? I get this mail every day from doexpire: > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (start) >expire problems: >expire: wrong number of fields in history `<1991Feb20.153104.4390@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> ...' This is not a problem with the articles; it is a problem with your history file. How it happened I couldn't be sure. The simple fix is to rebuild the history file with mkhistory. (There is a more elegant fix but it requires more detailed knowledge of the machinery.) -- "[Some people] positively *wish* to | Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology believe ill of the modern world."-R.Peto| henry@zoo.toronto.edu utzoo!henry
sean@utoday.com (Sean Fulton) (03/20/91)
In article <1991Mar19.095440.6559@ecst.csuchico.edu> warlock@ecst.csuchico.edu (John Kennedy) writes: > > Anybody know a clever way to track these articles down and kill `em off so >they're not causing problems? I get this mail every day from doexpire: > >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (start) >expire problems: >expire: wrong number of fields in history `<1991Feb20.153104.4390@aucs.AcadiaU.ca> ...' >expire: wrong number of fields in history `<1991Feb26.200814.20317@cs.cmu.edu> 6676...' >expire: wrong number of fields in history `<BF1Ny1w163w@shark.cs.fau.edu> 668858933...' >=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= (finish) > > The start and finish are added by me, of course. Anyway, I'm running CNews >(just shy of the latest patch), NNTP 1.5.11 and I'm a wee bit short of space in >the slice where I keep the history files (periodic warnings, but no real >problem). Short of grepping for the ID in every article on my system, how do I >dispose of these guys? > I was able to remove them rather drastically, but it worked. Try deleting your history files (or mv them to another name), then run mkhistory. Sort of like stopping a car by slamming it into reverse, but it rebuilds the fields and never caused me any problems. -- Sean Fulton sean@utoday.com UNIX Today! (516) 562-5430 /* The opinions expressed above are not those of my employer */