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- Expire 0.1
-
- This is a utility for use with DumpGrp to discard messages older than a
- given age. An example of it's use is given in GETTER.CMD.
-
- N.B.: for this utility to function properly, the -r (receive header)
- option must be passed to DumpGrp.
-
- The usage is:
-
- EXPIRE [-snn] [-l<separator>] [-d] <infile> <outfile>
- -snn specifies article lifespan in days, default = 5
- <separator> is the line that divides articles, as in
- DumpGrp. The default is a line of asterisks.
- -d enables debug output.
-
-
- For example, consider the following two commands:
-
- DUMPGRP -snntp.bogus.com -a -r -l---MY-MESSAGE-SEPARATOR-LINE---
- EXPIRE -d -s10 -l---MY-MESSAGE-SEPARATOR-LINE--- cbos2 cbos2.exp
-
- with the following in DUMPGRP.CFG:
- comp.binaries.os2 cbos2 0
-
- After running this set of commands regularly for several days, the file
- CBOS2 will contain all the messages that have come over the
- comp.binaries.os2 newsgroup. The file cbos2.exp, however, will only
- contain those messages which were received within the last ten days.
- Note that the -r para,eter must be passed to DumpGrp, and that DumpGrp
- and EXPIRE must have the same -l parameter in order to work properly.
-
- This utility is Copyright 1993 by Kevin Vigor, but is free and may be
- freely distributed.
-
- Report any errors to kevin@elvis.wicat.com or 72500.3705@compuserve.com.
- The latest version of this and related utilities is available via
- anonymous ftp from elvis.wicat.com.
-