Re: .next files

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From: Bob Emery
Date: Tue, 15 Aug 1995 22:45

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David Evans in article <19950812.7C89030.705B@ccubb.com> wrote:
> I have a Amiga hookup up to internet (via InetUtils and AmiTCp and such). Does
> anyone know the "format" of the ".next" files that UUCP based software appears
> to use?
> [...]

The format is simple:

Each .next file contains the ASCII string that the "next" arriving
article in the newsgroup will have as a filename.

For example, if the newest file in uunews:alt/foo/bar is 123, then the
content of uunews:alt/foo/bar/.next is "124" - no trailing NULL or CR.

-- 
Bob
     Bob_Emery@Mustang.CUEHere.Edmonton.AB.CA    res (403) 426-3139
     Bob_Emery@mustang.bohica.net       Commodore Users of Edmonton
     I tried MS-DOS once, but I didn't inhale. -D. Atkin

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!Mustang.bohica.net!Bob_Emery
Subject: Re: .next files
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.uucp
References: <19950812.7C89030.705B@ccubb.com>
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From: Bob_Emery@Mustang.bohica.net (Bob Emery)
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Date: Tue, 15 Aug 95 16:45:36 MDT
Organization: Commodore Users of Edmonton

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