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Frank Perricone (fjp@crystal.mv.com) wrote:
[article nrs in the 1000s]
: 
: In an attempt to correct this, I wrote a renumber program which moves the
: numbers down, updating the .dnewsrc file and the .next file as it does.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think just resetting your .next files
would do the trick (just don't do it too often, or incoming articles
will overwrite the old ones). On the other hand, I'm a firm believer
in overkill and really like your approach :).

: However, now I get an error message from BatchNews saying that files are
: missing.
: What I wonder is, why does BatchNews care?  I'm not feeding this stuff down
: to anyone else; my only link is to the place I got those files from in the
: first place.

It's my guess that first you posted at least one article, then ran
your renumber program, then ran BatchNews, right? In that case, it
would be pretty obvious why BatchNews complains; it's trying to 
batch articles that no longer exist (at least not by the name it's
looking for).
There should be a file by the name of your feed in UUBATCH: ;
examine it to find out how things work :) (post something first).

Possible solutions:

- set AutoBatch in your Config file (the full entry should read
  AutoBatch autobatch); that way articles you post are batched
  right away, and you'll be able to play with 'renumber' to your
  heart's content;
- after posting one or more articles, be sure to run BatchNews
  *before* running your renumber program and everything should
  be fine;
- if you already put all this effort into this program, you may
  want to go the extra mile and update UUBATCH:<your_feed> as
  well :).

: Alternately, can someone suggest a better newsreader that avoids these
: problems, and how to get it?  (I've asked this one before but my post
: may not have gotten out.)

Probably because you renumbered it so BatchNews couldn't find it
anymore :).
Anyway, you may want to give tin a try. You can find it on Aminet
(in comm/news I suppose). Feel free to mail me if you can't find
it, or have any other questions.

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