[news.sysadmin] expiring maps

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

-- 
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)