Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux

Subject	Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux
Newsgroups	comp.os.linux.misc, alt.os.linux
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From	dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not>
Date	2019-08-22 07:37 +0200
Message-ID	<19m13gxgpo.ln2@spock.lan> (permalink)

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On 8/22/19 12:57 AM, Carlos E.R. wrote:

> On 21/08/2019 16.37, dillinger wrote:
>> On 8/20/19 10:58 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>
>>> On 19/08/2019 23.50, dillinger wrote:
>>>> On 8/19/19 11:10 PM, Carlos E.R. wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Takes hours to delete a million files tree, and repopulate it again.
>>>>> Thunderbird loses track of the posts that have been read or not in the
>>>>> procedure.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's a bit over the top, isn't it?
>>>>
>>>> You can configure leafnode (with regex) so that it only downloads the
>>>> groups you're (likely to be) interested in.
>>>>
>>>> Examples from my leafnode 2 config:
>>>>
>>>> server = some.news.server
>>>> nodesc = 1
>>>> only_groups_pcre = (alt\.|comp\.|)os\.linux($|\.(mi|sl|ub|deb|sus|ha).*)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> server = news.mozilla.org
>>>> nodesc = 1
>>>> only_groups_pcre = mozilla\.((dev\.apps|support)\.(th|fi)|general)
>>>
>>> It, automatically, only populate those groups into which I show
>>> interest. Yet there are "2,085,484 KiB in 812542 files". I just checked.
>>> I have, in the past, deleted the structure and took what it appeared to
>>> be an hour. I don't remember its size that day, but I seem to recall a
>>> million files - because I have set a long timeout for cleaning.
>>>
>>> It is a reiserfs partition.
>>>
>>> If you are interested, I can replicate the structure and delete the
>>> replica, timing it...
>>>
>>
>> Don't bother, I believe you :)
>> But 2 GiB is really large, how many groups are you reading?
> 
> Not that many, just 30, and several are empty. But there is also a
> partial copy of the defunct nntp.opensuse.org server.
> 
>> Are you reading any groups with binaries? That could explain something.
> 
> No, no binaries.
> 
>> Anyway, over here /var/spool/news is 34.4 MiB in 13235 items.
>> Leafnode reads only 15 groups and Thunderbird reads only 10 of those 15.
>> fetchnews -fvvv takes 5 seconds on an old PII.
> 
> Probably different purge timeouts. I keep a minimum of two years,
> sometimes five.
> 

Probably, my minimum is 6 months.

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Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-14 22:49 +0200
  Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-08-14 17:30 -0400
    Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 00:17 +0200
      Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-08-14 18:30 -0400
        Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 12:49 +0200
          Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux wimpunk <wimpunk+news@gmail.com> - 2019-08-19 16:21 +0200
            Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2019-08-19 16:27 +0100
              Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-19 23:10 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-19 23:50 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-20 22:58 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-21 16:37 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:57 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-22 07:37 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2019-08-21 21:37 -0600
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-22 07:35 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-08-19 15:26 -0700
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-19 18:52 -0400
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-20 23:03 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-20 17:55 -0400
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-21 11:32 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-21 07:13 -0400
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:44 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-21 07:42 -0400
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:28 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-08-21 15:43 +0000
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:30 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> - 2019-08-21 17:53 +0100
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-08-21 18:53 +0000
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:53 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Eli the Bearded <*@eli.users.panix.com> - 2019-08-22 02:33 +0000
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Wildman <best_lay@yahoo.com> - 2019-08-21 22:24 -0500
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-24 09:42 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-22 00:48 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-20 22:58 +0200
  Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "David W. Hodgins" <dwhodgins@nomail.afraid.org> - 2019-08-14 17:56 -0400
  Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-08-14 15:23 -0700
    Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 12:52 +0200
      Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Mike Easter <MikeE@ster.invalid> - 2019-08-15 07:14 -0700
      Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux dillinger <dillinger@invalid.not> - 2019-08-15 17:33 +0200
        Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 17:57 +0200
          Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux jrg <jeff.g.group@att.net> - 2019-08-15 10:24 -0700
            Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 19:40 +0200
              Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> - 2019-08-15 15:09 -0400
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 21:33 +0200
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux John-Paul Stewart <jpstewart@sympatico.ca> - 2019-08-15 16:03 -0400
                Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 22:17 +0200
            Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2019-08-15 12:53 -0600
              Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2019-08-15 21:33 +0200
          Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-08-15 15:42 -0400
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  Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Paul <nospam@needed.invalid> - 2019-08-14 23:52 -0400
  Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux Chris Elvidge <chris@mshome.net> - 2019-08-15 11:35 +0200
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    Re: Question re alt.comp.os.linux William Unruh <unruh@invalid.ca> - 2019-08-31 03:54 +0000
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