Re: Configuration and state of Gnus

[Lowell Gilbert]

Peter Gerdes <nospam@nospam.net> writes:

> the following question is on my mind:
>
> obviously, the file .gnus describes the *configuration* of the program.
>
> I assume, that the information about subscribed groups and read messages
> therein belong to the program's *persistent state*. I know of three
> files in $HOME somehow being involved:
>
> .newsrc
> .newsrc-dribble
> .newsrc.eld
>
> Actually, on my file system I normally see only ".newsrc-dribble~", but
> in some situations I am asked, whether I wanted to save
> ".newsrc-dribble" (i.e., before starting compilation).
>
> When I want to transfer the persistent state to another machine, does it
> suffice to copy the aforementioned files? Somehow I could not find a
> concise description of these files' roles.
>
> Thanks for hints and greetings!

The .eld file should be all you need for NNTP groups, 
but remember that its data is relative to the server,
so you need to restart the article numbering if you
will be reading Usenet from adifferent server.