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Removing Old E-mail from /var/mail
Good question! I sometimes use: # mailx ? delete [msglist] where msglist can be: . name of a user (ex. delete user1) . msg number1[-number2] (ex. delete 12, or delete 12-15) . /string (in subject) = (ex. delete /blabla) . :type (d(eleted), n(ew), o(ld), r(ead), u(nread)) = (ex. delete :o) 1)...- jsi
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
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fbackup trying to back-up a file that doesn't exist
At start fbackup builds a list of files to be saved. Then it starts saving them. At this moment a file can be exclusiv in use, or even deleted. This gives this 2 kind of msg: * fbackup(1102): WARNING: unable to stat file /var/spool/sockets/pwgr/client3370 * fbackup(3005): WARNING: file number...- jsi
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- Forum: General UNIX discussion
