On Sat, 27 Mar 1999, Colin Melville wrote:
> I recently went through my dnsfile.txt file to review its content. Why does
> it store the same domain reference multiple tiles? With the DNS WRITE read
> option set, clearly it looks up domains, but why write a new line instead of
> appending the original entry?
> Have I misunderstood something?
>
Well, the reason is that it doesn't delete the old file, it just appends to
it. This is safer, in case several analogs try and write it at once (besides
it doesn't have to think so hard either). In the docs I recommend deleting
the top of the file every so often, but there is also a Perl script on the
analog helper applications page to remove older entries for each host in the
way you suggest.
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Stephen Turner [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.statslab.cam.ac.uk/~sret1/
Statistical Laboratory, 16 Mill Lane, Cambridge CB2 1SB, England
"Ad infinitum, if not ad nauseam." (Interviewee, BBC Radio 4)
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