Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site lsuc.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcs!lsuc!dave From: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Newsgroups: net.news.adm Subject: Re: looking for forceful expire program/script Message-ID: <500@lsuc.UUCP> Date: Mon, 11-Mar-85 13:55:54 EST Article-I.D.: lsuc.500 Posted: Mon Mar 11 13:55:54 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 11-Mar-85 15:34:43 EST References: <466@petsd.UUCP> Reply-To: dave@lsuc.UUCP (David Sherman) Organization: Law Society of Upper Canada, Toronto Lines: 10 Summary: use find find /usr/spool/news -mtime +14 -exec rm -f {} ';' That will clear up your disk space, which I assume is what you are concerned about. It might leave the news system thinking some articles exist which don't, but that doesn't matter much. Dave Sherman -- {utzoo pesnta nrcaero utcs hcr}!lsuc!dave {allegra decvax ihnp4 linus}!utcsri!lsuc!dave