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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 | #! /bin/sh
## Remove articles listed by expire -z.
## Remove all files specified in the input file.
## =()<. @<_PATH_SHELLVARS>@>()=
. /usr/lib/news/innshellvars
MAIL="${MAILCMD} -s 'Problem removing expired files' ${NEWSMASTER}"
#RMPROC="xargs rm"
RMPROC="fastrm -e -s ${SPOOL}"
if [ -z "$1" ] ; then
echo "Expire called with zero list of files on `hostname`" \
| eval ${MAIL}
exit 0
fi
if [ ! -f $1 ] ; then
echo "Expire called with no files to expire on `hostname`" \
| eval ${MAIL}
exit 0
fi
eval "cd ${SPOOL} \
&& ${RMPROC} <$1 \
&& mv $1 ${MOST_LOGS}/expire.list"
if [ -f $1 ] ; then
echo "Expire had problems removing articles on `hostname`" \
| eval ${MAIL}
exit 1
fi
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