slrn 101, creating .jnewsrc

Paul Howarth paul at city-fan.org
Thu Nov 10 16:04:01 UTC 2005


THUFIR HAWAT wrote:
> what does it mean to "add command line options"?  Add that command to what?
> 
> [thufir at localhost ~]$ slrn
> slrn 0.9.8.1 [2004-10-07]
> 
> Reading startup file /etc/slrn.rc.
> Using newsrc file /home/thufir/.jnewsrc for server
> shawnews.vc.shawcable.net.slrn fatal error:
> 
> Unable to open /home/thufir/.jnewsrc.
> If you want to create /home/thufir/.jnewsrc, add command line options:
>    -f /home/thufir/.jnewsrc --create
> 
> [thufir at localhost ~]$ date
> Thu Nov 10 10:58:31 EST 2005
> [thufir at localhost ~]$

I would have thought it means doing this:

$ slrn -f /home/thufir/.jnewsrc --create

Paul.




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