Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 14:09:37 -0500 From: Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> To: Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Directory entries won't shrink Message-ID: <15311.10481.310163.291734@guru.mired.org> In-Reply-To: <114830987@toto.iv>
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Sheldon Hearn <sheldonh@starjuice.net> types: > On Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:42:33 EST, Dan Nelson wrote: > > > Just renaming the directories should be enough. I don't know how exim > > works, but can you disable a particular spoolfile while you rename it, > > or simply kill -STOP exim while you run that for loop? It shouldn't > > take more than .01 second to run. > I guess I could send 600 STOP signals. I'll take a look at how exim > deletes files on successful delivery. I don't know exim, but I suspect that killall could help with sending 600 STOP signals. <mike -- Mike Meyer <mwm@mired.org> http://www.mired.org/home/mwm/ Q: How do you make the gods laugh? A: Tell them your plans. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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