purge mail file

[telemorgan]

Hey guys

I have a mail file for user X that is really large, about 150MB. I wanted to rename the existing /usr/spool/mail/X file and create a new one. My question is this, Do I have to restart the mail deamon once I do that so that the mail will then start writting to the newly created file. If so, how do I do that?

Thanks
-Travis

 

[PHV]

IMHO no problem, just do something like this:

cp /usr/spool/mail/X /path/to/newfile
> /usr/spool/mail/X

Hope This Help
PH.

 

[telemorgan]

Thanks for the response, the copy command I have no problem with.

But your second line, what does that mean? Is this all the same command?

Also, the question that I had was do I have to restart the mail deamon. If so then how.

 

[PHV]

> /usr/spool/mail/X
This command will empties the file.
No need to restart the maild daemon

Hope This Help
PH.