Re: cached articles, directory structure

[Katsumi Yamaoka]

>>>>> In <8gp0d3xm63.ln2@news.c0t0d0s0.de> Michael Welle wrote:

> I use gnus (no gnus 0.3, gnus installation und configuration files on
> nfs) on several machines. If I press * (gnus-article-enter-cache) in
> the sum buffer, the selected article is stored in
> ~/News/cache/gnu.emacs.gnus (on linux). On another machine the
> article is stored in ~/News/cache/gnu/emacs/gnus (solaris). Same is
> true for the scoring files. On the first machine they are stored as
> ~/News/gnu.emacs.gnus.ADAPT, on the other machine the file is
> ~/News/gnu/emacs/gnus/ADAPT.

> I guess the configuration is pretty much the same on every machine,
> because the installation is stored on nfs. Any hints?

That is due to the value of the gnus-use-long-file-name variable.
The default value varies according to the system type in which
Gnus runs.  If system-type is usg-unix-v (i.e., Solaris) or
xenix, it is set to nil, otherwise t.  I don't know the reason
why it does so.  Anyway, changing it might cause some problem if
there are some files having already been created according to
it, I guess.