From:	MERC::"uunet!VM1.NODAK.EDU!owner-anu-news" 21-APR-1993 17:33:03.04
To:	Multiple recipients of list ANU-NEWS <ANU-NEWS@VM1.NoDak.EDU>
CC:	
Subj:	Re: Splitting ANU files over several disks

...
> The thruth is:
>
> 1. that NEWS_ROOT points to a directory which must contain the following
>    files:  NEWS.ITEMS, NEWS.GROUPS, HISTORY.V60, NNTP_ACCESS.NEWS
>
> 2. that NEWS_DEVICE (a concealed logical name) must point to a
>    directory containing top level hierarchy directories of news items
>    (such as COMP.DIR, REC.DIR, ...).
...

Excellent!  Thank you very much for this clairification.  I went through
the trouble of modifying ANUNEWS to accept a different logical for this
when one already existed!

> and put a search list as a value of a logical name NEWS_DEVICE.

Interesting.  Thank you again.

>
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