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Old 02-19-2008, 02:41 PM
Ayaz Ahmed Khan
 
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Default Re: slrn can't open spool_inn_root/news/alt/os/linux/slackware directory.

"Ayaz Ahmed Khan" typed:
> I've setup `slrnpull', on my IBM T21 running Slackware-9.1,
> to fetch articles from alt.os.linux.slackware. It successfully
> downloads the bodies of new articles and stores them inside
> `spool_inn_root/news/alt/os/linux/slackware directory. When I
> execute `slrn --spool -f ~/.jnewsrc --create', slrn picks up the
> name of the newsgroup correctly, but when instructed to get in, it
> displays an error message:
> Unable to open directory /var/spool/slrnpull/news/alt/os/linux/slackware
>
> I changed the permissions on the directory in question, thinking
> lack of permission might be the issue, but to no effect.
>
> I just hope this post gets to past the spooler.


I'm sorry for posting that in a hurry. A little experimentation with the
spool_root and spool_nov_root directories did the trick.

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Ayaz Ahmed Khan

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