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- From: pejj232@chpc.utexas.edu (Luke)
- Subject: Re: How NOT to save killed/junked files?
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.101055.27059@chpc.utexas.edu>
- Organization: The University of Texas System - CHPC
- References: <85433@ut-emx.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 10:10:55 GMT
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- In article <85433@ut-emx.uucp> ylu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu writes:
- >It looks like a FAQ, but after rummaging through rn(1) and The FAQ, it
- >has no answer yet. Here is the detailed question:
- >
- >In rn, when you enter a newsgroup, rn will look up kill files (global
- >or specific) and will not display (by =) those items killed by the kill
- >files. After you junked an item, it will not be displayed either.
- >Problem arise when you use "range{,range}s" esp. "1-$:s fname" to save
- >a bunch of items. It will save all the item within the range INCLUDING
- >the 'invisible' killed or junked items! Nobody want to save
- >killed/junked items. It is definitely a BUG rather than a feature of
- >rn. But is there a simple workaround in rn?
- >
- >Any hints/suggestions would be appreciated.
- >If there are enough requests, I'll post the summary of the answers.
- >
- >--Luke
- >
-
- Anybody has answer to this one? I'd like to know it too.
- I thought I could do a little plumbing to do it but w/o luck.
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