12 May
2018
12 May
'18
6:39 a.m.
On 05/10/2018 10:18 PM, Lyndon Nerenberg wrote:
Yes, but rnews understood batching from day one. It
would have been
insane to execute rnews on each and every article sent across. (I made
that mistake in a config file once; that the remote host didn't completely
die was a testament to CTIX.) That's why every news transport batched
up multiple articles into a single 'uux remote!rnews' job. This existed
from at least the bnews software, and we always called them "news batches"
or similar.
Well, I don't know what to say. After a LOT of research, extracting old
archives, digging through a LOT of things, I can only come to the
conclusion that what have been called "bag" files in the circles that
I've traveled in are in fact the output of batcher, thus standard "#!
rnews <length>" files.
I think part of my confusion was that I was working with using UUCP at
the same time to transport files via sneaker net using something similar
to batcher / rnews files. I guess I conflated the two things.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
There were no "bags."
They might not have been a different format (like I thought) but there
were most definitely referred to as "bag" files in the circles that I've
traveled.
I have repeatedly found reference to them, around DNews, and being
called "bag" files because of the ".bag" file extension that they
had.
I haven't been able to find anything to indicate if the nickname came
from the file extension or if the file extension came from the nickname.
chicken ("bag") <-> egg (.bag extension) ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Thank you all for your input.
I'm sorry for the confusion.
--
Grant. . . .
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