diff --git a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
index e5bc5c3..bd25c6e 100644
--- a/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
+++ b/trunk/ripnews/news/article.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #################################
 #
-# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.67 2003/04/28 20:50:43 ward Exp $
+# $Dwarf: article.rb,v 1.68 2003/06/14 23:44:20 ward Exp $
 # $Source$
 #
 # article.rb
@@ -82,6 +82,9 @@ def del_server(server)
 end
 
 def get_articles(cachedir=false)
+	if cachedir != false
+		check_cache(cachedir)
+	end
 	for server in @connections.keys
 		begin
 			first, last = get_group_info(server)
@@ -498,6 +501,12 @@ def save_newsrc()
 	end
 end
 
+def check_cache(cachedir)
+	if ! FileTest.exists?(cachedir)
+		print "Cachedir '#{cachedir}' doesn't exists, performance will suffer\n"
+	end
+end
+
 def read_cache(cachedir)
 	filename = "#{cachedir}/#{@group}.ripnewscache"
 	excludes = {}