In article <1995Jul12.161918@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Kent Covert) writes: > In article <1995Jul11.235750@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Dave Munday) writes: >> In article <1995Jul11.182801@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (humble friar) writes: >>> In article <1995Jul11.165750@miavx1>, [log in to unmask] (Dave Munday) writes: >>>> I had a problem the other day exiting news with my quota being exceeded. >>>> I spawned out of news and looked around to see what was taking up the space. >>>> I had a number or files NEWS_*.tmp some of which were LARGE. >>>> This was what had exceeded my quota. >>> >>> Those files are temporary images on the news file that you just spawned out of, >>> if I am correct. Kind of a placeholder. >>> >>>> How can I avoid this problem? >>> >>> Don't spawn out of news so often? I dunno ... >>> >>> ~Drew >> >> Well the quota was blown before I spawned out. I discovered it when I was >> unable to rewrite the newsrc file. I assume therefore that the .tmp files were >> there before I spawned out. They probably are created when the news software >> gets the files from the nntp machine over the local net. >> >> The problem then is to keep from blowing your quota by reading a LARGE posting. > > Hmmm...I haven't been able to reproduce these files. When I run NEWS, it > doesn't seem to create these files. Can you find any correlation between > when these files get created and when they don't? > News creates a temporary file for the current message that you are reading. I've never had more than one file at a time, but I would imagine that if news is exiting abnormally the file might not be getting deleted. Also, isn't there an option that allows you to cache a certain number of messages or am I getting confused with something else? -- + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + Bill Sylvester, Miami University [log in to unmask] Never attribute to malice that which [log in to unmask] can be adequately explained by stupidity.