pthiesse@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Paul Thiessen) (04/13/89)
Hello.
I recently posted an article asking how to make the news system put all
the filenames of the map articles in comp.mail.maps into another file, one
filename per line, with a full path.
Serveral people asked for a summary, so here it is. Thanks to all of those
who replied! The system (that part of it, at least) is running smoothly.
- Paul
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Here's all the replies I've gotten so far:
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From: Jim O'Connor <jim@tiamat.fsc.com>
To: pthiesse@jarthur.claremont.edu
Date: Sun Apr 9 19:47:19 1989
To: pthiesse@jarthur.Claremont.EDU
Subject: Re: How to get news to create a list of map filenames?
In-reply-to: your article <782@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
News-Path: uunet!jarthur!pthiesse
> Hello.
> How do I get my news system to create a file which in turn will hold the
> filenames of the comp.mail.maps articles? I have a program to unpack the
> maps which depends on such a filename list.
Here's how mine is set up:
uucpmaps:world,comp.mail.maps:F:/usr/lib/smail/maps/work/batch
Thus, your log file should start reporting that it is sending articles to the
site "uucpmaps" (which is not really a site). Change the last field according
to the file you want the list in, and make sure the file/directory is writable
by the user that owns "rnews", since it's setuid. Only thing to watch out for
is to make sure you use the filenames in the file before comp.mail.maps gets
expired.
Good luck.
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James B. O'Connor jim@tiamat.fsc.com
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From: Ed Clarke <acheron!bywater!clarke@uunet.uucp>
To: pthiesse@jarthur.claremont.edu
pthiesse@jarthur.Claremont.EDU (Paul Thiessen):
> How do I get my news system to create a file which in turn will hold the
> filenames of the comp.mail.maps articles? I have a program to unpack the
> maps which depends on such a filename list.
Simple, just add the following to your 'sys' file:
UUMAP:world,comp.mail.maps:F:
This will batch up incoming articles to '/usr/spool/batch/UUMAP'. The file
contains lines in the format:
/usr/spool/news/comp/mail/maps/4531
/usr/spool/news/comp/mail/maps/4532
/usr/spool/news/comp/mail/maps/4533
I recommend that you modify the 'sendbatch' shell script ( comes with the
news software ) to process your maps entries. Among other things, this
script protects you from working with a corrupted file ( say more maps
come in while you're processing the last batch ).
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From: ucdavis!csusac!utgard!chris@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU
Subject: Re: How to get news to create a list of map filenames?
To: csusac!csun!psivax!uunet!jarthur!pthiesse@YMIR.BITNET
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.admin
In-Reply-To: <782@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Organization: QMA Inc., Rancho Cordova, CA
In article <782@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> you write:
>Hello.
> How do I get my news system to create a file which in turn will hold the
>filenames of the comp.mail.maps articles? I have a program to unpack the
>maps which depends on such a filename list.
Put a line into your news "sys" file:
maps:comp.mail.maps:F:/usr/local/lib/maps/maps/Batch
If your using "uuhosts" (which I think you are), then that
last field is wrong... /usr/local/lib/maps/maps/comp.mail.maps/Batch,
I think, for distribution. I've hacked mine so long ago that I
can't remember.
What this does is make an entry into that batch file for each
incoming news file for comp.mail.maps. uuhosts -unbatch can
then take it and do it's magic.
Hope this helps! If you have any more questions, feel free to
write me.
Chris
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From: Jean Marie Diaz <jdiaz@oracle.com>
Subject: How to get news to create a list of map filenames?
To: pthiesse@JARTHUR.CLAREMONT.EDU
Reply-to: ambar@oracle.com
In-Reply-To: pthiesse@jarthur.Claremont.EDU's message of 8 Apr 89 23:45:30 GMT
Usnail: 2610 Monserat Ave., Belmont CA 94002
Phonenet: (415) 594-9268
Add the following to your sys file:
#
# send ourselves the maps
MAPS:world,comp.mail.maps:F:/usr/local/lib/news/maps/comp.mail.maps/Batch
AMBAR
ambar@oracle.com {uunet,pyramid}!oracle!ambar
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From: davem@mondo.stpaul.mn.us
Subject: Re: How to get news to create a list of map filenames?
To: pthiesse@JARTHUR.CLAREMONT.EDU
Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,news.admin
In-Reply-To: <782@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
Organization: Home, Roseville, MN
In article <782@jarthur.Claremont.EDU> you write:
> How do I get my news system to create a file which in turn will hold the
>filenames of the comp.mail.maps articles? I have a program to unpack the
>maps which depends on such a filename list.
How about
maps:world,na,usa,comp.mail.maps:F:/usr/spool/news/Maps/comp.mail.maps/Batch
Works for me.
Dave
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From: Richard Greenall <@MUDDCS.CLAREMONT.EDU:berner!richard@uunet.UU.NET>
Subject: Create maps file listing
To: pthiesse@JARTHUR.CLAREMONT.EDU
X-Mailer: Elm [version 2.1 PL1]
The following line when added to your news sys file, will
create a file with the maps file names in it called /tmp/maps
#
# For the uucp map
#
uucp_map:world,!world.all,comp.mail.maps\
:F:/tmp/maps
Richard Greenall
Richard@berner.uucp
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From: Netnews Administrator <mcgp1!newsadm@uunet.uucp>
Message-Id: <8904112102.AA22439@mcgp1.UUCP>
To: pthiesse@jarthur.claremont.edu
Subject: Re: How to get news to create a list of map filenames?
In-Reply-To: your article <782@jarthur.Claremont.EDU>
News-Path: ssc!pilchuck!dataio!uw-entropy!uw-june!uw-beaver!cornell!mailrus!ames!lll-winken!uunet!jarthur!pthiesse
Paul,
Here's the sys file entry I use to do just what you want:
UUMAPS:world,na,usa,pnw,seattle,!pnw.all,!seattle.all,comp.mail.maps:U:\
(cd /usr/lib/smail/maps ; echo %s >>maps)
The file /usr/lib/smail/maps/maps contains the full path names of all articles
that have come in to comp.mail.maps, one entry per line.
Hope this helps.
John Opalko
uunet!nwnexus!thebes!mcgp1!jgo
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