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From: d...@acbsco.com [mailto:d...@acbsco.com]
Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2009 4:46 PM
To: qmailtoaster-list@qmailtoaster.com
Subject: Re: [qmailtoaster] qtprune
Phil Leinhauser wrote:
> > Phil Leinhauser wrote:
> >> > Phil Leinhauser wrote:
> >> >> > Phil Leinhauser wrote:
> >> >> >> Thanks for the info Dave. I did just what you described except I
> >> >> pushed
> >> >> >> it to a text file so I could see better what was happening.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I ran it with the 5 day setting and didn't get anything. Then I
> >> >> dropped
> >> >> >> it to 2 days and got a list. The script is apparently working but
> >> >> only
> >> >> >> on about half of the domains. I have other domains that never
> >> made
> >> >> it
> >> >> >> into the output.txt file. I know there is trash there because I
> >> have
> >> >> >> one user with over 3000 messages.
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> I guess now the question is, does the script just delete
> >> everything
> >> >> >> older than DELTIME? or is it looking for something to only get
> >> >> >> messages? I see in the output that it looks like it's going to
> >> >> delete
> >> >> >> some index and dovecot-uidlist files. Is this ok?
> >> >> >
> >> >> > It probably shouldn't delete these files, but I don't think it
> >> will
> >> >> hurt
> >> >> > anything. Dovecot is very robust and will fix things on the fly
> >> that
> >> >> get
> >> >> > wacked out. If you give me the exact file names I can add an
> >> >> exception
> >> >> > to the script.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >> What can I do to see
> >> >> >> why it's not finding all of the old messages?.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Do you have this statement in your script?:
> >> >> > for each in "${PATH_TRASH}" ; do
> >> >> > Try removing the quotes and see if that fixes it.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > The qtp-clean-spam script had the same bug that was fixed last
> >> >> December.
> >> >> > Looks like I missed fixing the qtp-clean-trash script.
> >> >> >
> >> >> Eric,
> >> >> I removed the quotes and reran with the same results, still not
> >> finding
> >> >> all messages.
> >> >>
> >> >> Here are the control files names:
> >> >> courierimapacl
> >> >> courierimapuiddb
> >> >> dovecot.index.cache
> >> >> dovecot.index.log
> >> >> dovecot-uidlist
> >> >> maildirfolder
> >> >> All of these are in .Trash and all other folders (.Drafts, .etc) so
> >> a
> >> >> global exclude might be in order. You'll know better what can be
> >> >> deleted and what can stay. Since I'm now on dovecot I'm sure the
> >> >> courier files can go but it might be good to exclude the entire list
> >> for
> >> >> those who are still on courier.
> >> >
> >> > Thanks Phil. Can you try replacing
> >> > for each in "${PATH_TRASH}" ; do
> >> > FILES_TO_DELETE="`find ${each} -type f -ctime +$DELTIME`"
> >> > if [ -n "${FILES_TO_DELETE}" ]; then
> >> > for file in ${FILES_TO_DELETE} ; do
> >> > if [ -n ${file} ]; then
> >> > rm -f ${file} >/dev/null 2>&1
> >> > fi
> >> > done
> >> > fi
> >> > done
> >> > with
> >> > for each in $PATH_TRASH; do
> >> > find $each -type -f -ctime +$DELTIME -exec rm -f {} \;
> >> > done
> >> >
> >> > The find command is quite powerful indeed. ;)
> >>
> >> So now it looks like this:
> >> if [ -n "${PATH_TRASH}" ]; then
> >> for each in $PATH_TRASH; do
> >> find $each -type -f -ctime +$DELTIME -exec rm -f {} \;
> >> done
> >> fi
> >>
> >> But I get an error: find: invalid argument `-f' to `-type'
> >
> > Sorry. It's just "-type f"
>
> OK, it ran but I still have 3000+ messages. Would it break anything
> to swap to mtime?
Phil,
I doubt your backup utility would change the ctime on these files.
Generally speaking, backup utilities use ctime to determine if the file
should be backed up or not when doing master, differential, incremental
backups. Something else is changing the ctime. see this link for a good
description of the difference between atime, ctime, mtime. I personally
wouldn't be afraid of using mtime instead of ctime if it deletes the files.
http://www.unix.com/tips-tutorials/20526-mtime-ctime-atime.html
I think the issue with the 3000+ messages is the shell. Maybe need to use
find $each -type -f -ctime +$DELTIME -print | xargs /bin/rm -f
Dave
Thanks for the help here Dave and Eric.
I may not have been too clear in the beginning. The 3000+ message account
is the one I'm using as a gauge to check operation. I have several others
that are in the same boat, just not an obvious number of messages. The 3000
is easy to see if there's a dent in the count after running.
I'll try the mtime and see what happens. I'll run the DELTIME out to 30 to
be sure I don't nix something wrong.
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