Dave McGuire wrote: > On Aug 21, 2007, at 4:22 PM, Justin Kim wrote: >> I have a little problem. >> I set Amavisd-new to pass all the messages to the end users. >> It flags 'spam' and then passes. >> But still the system is using /var/virusmails directory to keep the >> messages >> in gzip format. >> I guess it is for the business reason if we want to keep the >> messages for >> certain preiod of time in case the user asks to recover it. >> But this /var/virusmails directory is filling up fast and keep >> growing. >> I don't know how to manage this. >> I cannot even list the files in the directory because there are too >> many. >> Is there any solution for this? >> And what can I do to manage this directory so that I only keep 30 >> days worth >> of message zipped? > > Uhh: > > # find /var/virusmails -ctime +30 -exec rm -f {} \; > > -Dave >
Oh, careful. This will cause a enormous number of exec's for a directory with an enormous number of files. Better to use: # find /var/virusmails -ctime +30 -print | xargs /bin/rm -f MrC ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ AMaViS-user mailing list AMaViS-user@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/amavis-user AMaViS-FAQ:http://www.amavis.org/amavis-faq.php3 AMaViS-HowTos:http://www.amavis.org/howto/