Re: Errors in old !NewsDir

On 15 Jul 2021 Richard Mellish  wrote:

> replying to my own message (snipped):

>> today when I loaded my 2009-2010 !NewsDir and tried to open one of the
>> Groups I got a Not Found for the relevant Overview file.

>> I then ran !GroupChck, which reported loads of discrepancies: see the
>> appended output.

> I tried pointing the OS variables to a backup copy of my 2009-2010
> !NewsDir and the groups that I tried all opened normally, so I have
> renamed the first copy as "corrupted". My immediate problem is therefore
> solved, but any ideas on how to repair defective groups, in the absence of
> a backup and if the Repair facility either itself gives an error or can't
> see them at all, would be welcome.

I don't know much about !NewsDir apart from what I've deduced by playing 
with it. I think Group Management will only repair the groups it knows 
about, which are in the groups file.

I've got around this in the past by creating a new group and then copying 
all the spoolfiles into the spool directory for the new group, then 
repairing that. The other way is to edit the group number for the new 
group in groups to point to the missing group, and then repair it. Make 
sure that the group name in groups matches that in the Group file. If it 
works you can rename the group back to what it should be.

Take a back-up first. I disclaim responsibility if it this all goes 
titsup!

It's also a good idea to quit your transport layer (POPstar/Hermes/etc.) 
and Messenger because new messages coming in could create havoc.
-- 
Richard Porter

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