peter@key.COM (Peter Sivo) (01/31/89)
How come when I run the command 'expire' it expires everything I have within a certain time frame, but never expires ANYTHING under comp.mail.maps??? Even if I run 'expire -e 5 -n comp.mail.maps', no files are ever deleted??? Any help would be appreciated... Peter S. UUCP: ..pacbell!key!peter DOMAIN: peter@key.com
lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair) (02/01/89)
In article <340@key.COM> peter@key.COM () writes:
=Even if I run 'expire -e 5 -n comp.mail.maps', no files are ever
=deleted???
Because the maps contain an expiration date. Try:
expire -I -e 5 -n comp.mail.maps
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Larry Blair ames!vsi1!lmb lmb@vicom.com
jwp@larry.UUCP (Jeffrey W Percival) (02/02/89)
In article <1438@vsi1.COM> lmb@vicom.COM (Larry Blair) writes: >In article <340@key.COM> peter@key.COM () writes: >=Even if I run 'expire -e 5 -n comp.mail.maps', no files are ever >=deleted??? >Because the maps contain an expiration date. Try: >expire -I -e 5 -n comp.mail.maps This doesn't work for me: expire -I -i -e 5 -n comp.mail TFM isn't clear on whether naming a directory includes all subdirectories. -- Jeff Percival (jwp@larry.sal.wisc.edu)