slrn 101, creating .jnewsrc

[Richard E Miles]

On Thu, 10 Nov 2005 15:40:42 -0500
THUFIR HAWAT <hawat.thufir at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 11/10/05, Paul Howarth <paul at city-fan.org> wrote:
> ..
> > I would have thought it means doing this:
> >
> > $ slrn -f /home/thufir/.jnewsrc --create
> >
> > Paul.
> ..
> 
> Ah, thanks.  Feel a bit silly on that one.
> 
> [thufir at localhost ~]$ slrn
> slrn 0.9.8.1 [2004-10-07]
> 
> Reading startup file /etc/slrn.rc.
> You should set the NNTPSERVER environment variable to your server name.
> Example (csh): setenv NNTPSERVER my.news.server
> Example (sh) : NNTPSERVER='my.news.server' && export NNTPSERVER
> For now, I'm going to try "localhost" as the default...
> 
> Using newsrc file /home/thufir/.jnewsrc for server localhost.
> Connecting to host localhost ...Unable to make connection. Giving up.
> slrn fatal error:
> Failed to initialize server.
> [thufir at localhost ~]$ NNTPSERV='news.made.up' && export NNTPSERVER
> [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.
> Connecting to host shawnews.vc.shawcable.net ...
> Connected to host.  Posting ok.
> Checking for new groups ...
> Checking news ...
> [thufir at localhost ~]$ date
> Thu Nov 10 15:35:49 EST 2005
> [thufir at localhost ~]$
> 
> 
> 
> How can I make the NNTPSERVER setting "stick", please?  Once I set the
> server all is fine, but I want that save that setting between slrn
> sessions.  It's an environment variable.
> 
> 
> -Thufir
> 

Just put the NNTPSERVER and export in your .bashrc file.

-- 
Richard Miles
Federal Way WA. USA
registered linux user 46097