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From: Nigel Reed <sysop@endofthelinebbs.com>
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Subject: Re: Interacting with cnfs
Date: Fri, 5 Jul 2024 21:35:20 -0500
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On Fri, 5 Jul 2024 11:33:58 +0200
"Billy G. (go-while)" <no-reply@no.spam> wrote:

> On 05.07.24 09:36, Nigel Reed wrote:
> > I was thinking about a report I did for my older server, which used
> > the tradspool storage method, and that was to count how many
> > articles are in a group and list how many new articles have been
> > added since last run.  
> 
> Why not use the numbers from active file?

Because it doesn't take into account deleted articles.

> 
>  > A similar thought that when looking for text, I could grep through
>  > a group or set of groups. Not sure this would even be possible
>  > with cnfs either?  
> 
> That's sadly not possible with cyclic buffers :/



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