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Subject: Re: Digest difficulty
From: Jeff Lasman <jblists @ nobaloney . net>
Organization: nobaloney.net
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 21:19:13 -0800
To: majordomo-users @ greatcircle . com
References: <a05001906b6240c180d4d@[64.81.51.169]> <39FEF474.688EEB07@netscape.com>

Dan Liston wrote:

> It looks like majordomo is trying to create a file that already exists.
> What I don't understand is, why is majordomo trying to create a config
> file?  Didn't you or webmin create one when the digest was created?

Dan,

It's been a while since I studied Majordomo code, so some of the details
may be a bit hazy, but what's happening is that when Majordomo creates a
digest it updates the digest number, which is stored in the
filename.config file.  To do this, Majordomo writes the file, one line
at a time, from filename.config to filename.config.out, making the one
change to the digest number.  When it's done it does (as I recall) a "mv
filename.config.out filename.config".

As to why filename.config.out exists when it begins this process, that I
have no idea <frown>.

Jeff
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