Auwvax.254 net.news.b utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!mhtsa!harpo!uwvax!solomon Sat Mar 20 11:19:39 1982 problem with readnews -e For some reason, "readnews -e" does not seem to work for me when run from /usr/lib/crontab. I have the following line in /usr/lib/crontab: 45 2 * * * * /usr/local/readnews -e all But nothing ever seems to get removed. On the other hand, when I run readnews by hand, cleanup works fine. I don't see how it could be a matter of permissions, because when I run readnews "by hand" I'm logged in as me, whereas all the spool directories etc are owned by a special user "netnews". Therefore, my manual "readnews -e" is being run with the minimum of privilege. This morning, I ran readnews -e and cleaned up 939 files totalling 3540 blocks. I'm running version B netnews, gamma distrib. ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.