From owner-freebsd-questions Wed May 15 8:55:35 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from uk2.kanda-systems.net (uk2.kanda-systems.net [193.195.117.202]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E1EAF37B409 for ; Wed, 15 May 2002 08:55:27 -0700 (PDT) Received: by uk2.kanda-systems.net (Postfix, from userid 1001) id 371683C3E1; Wed, 15 May 2002 16:56:49 +0100 (BST) Date: Wed, 15 May 2002 16:56:48 +0100 From: Jason Taylor To: "Jack L. Stone" Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Zapping Email Box Message-ID: <20020515155648.GE6657@uk2.kanda-systems.net> Reply-To: Jason Taylor Mail-Followup-To: Jason Taylor , "Jack L. Stone" , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <20020515150323.GC6657@uk2.kanda-systems.net> <3.0.5.32.20020515103052.0301aa40@mail.sage-one.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3.0.5.32.20020515103052.0301aa40@mail.sage-one.net> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.99i Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Wed, May 15, 2002 at 10:30:52AM -0500, Jack L. Stone wrote: > > > >my mymailbox mymailbox.yesterday > > > >Then do your cleanout etc. on mymailbox.yesterday. > > > >That should be alot safer > > > >Jason > > ....but, I must zero out "mymailbox" exactly at 23.59.... that's the > problem, not making a work copy. I already make a "work" copy like > "mymailbox.yesterday" for doing the other processes. The problem is > clearing out the original mymailbox.... Ok then: mv mailbox mailbox.yesterday && touch mailbox Jason -- ==================================================================== Jason Taylor. Kanda Systems Ltd. Tel: +44/0 1970 621030 Systems Manager. Unit 17 Glanyrafon Fax: +44/0 1970 621040 jason@kanda.com. Enterprise Park. Mobile: +44/0 7976 926918 http://www.kanda.com. Ceredigion, UK http://shop.kanda.com ==================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message