mqueue.in cleanup

[Steve Campbell]

I think the following might work:

find /var/spool/mqueue.in/q* -empty -mtime +14 -type f -exec rm '{}' ';'

You might need to change -empty to "-size 0c" as it's not exactly what I 
use, so test it first.

steve

Sergio Rabellino wrote:
> my 5 cent... (for sendmail only I think)
>
>> #!/bin/sh
>> # remove zero length qf files
>> cd /anywhere/usr/var/mqueue.in
>>
>> for qffile in qf*
>> do
>>         if [ \-r $qffile ]
>>         then
>>                 if [ ! \-s $qffile ]
>>                 then
>>                         echo  " <zero: $qffile>"
>>                         rm \-f $qffile
>>                 fi
>>         fi
>> done
>> # rename tf files to be qf if the qf does not exist
>> for tffile in tf*
>> do
>>         qffile=`echo $tffile | sed 's/t/q/'`
>>         if [ \-r $tffile \-a ! \-f $qffile ]
>>         then
>>                 echo  " <recovering: $tffile>"
>>                 mv $tffile $qffile
>>         else
>>                 if [ \-f $tffile ]
>>                 then
>>                         echo  " <extra: $tffile>"
>>                         rm \-f $tffile
>>                 fi
>>         fi
>> done
>> # remove df files with no corresponding qf files
>> for dffile in df*
>> do
>>         qffile=`echo $dffile | sed 's/d/q/'`
>>         if [ \-r $dffile \-a ! \-f $qffile ]
>>         then
>>                 echo  " <incomplete: $dffile>"
>>                 mv $dffile `echo $dffile | sed 's/d/D/'`
>>         fi
>> done
>> # announce files that have been saved during disaster recovery
>> for xffile in xf*
>> do
>>         if [ \-f $xffile ]
>>         then
>>                 echo  " <panic: $xffile>"
>>         fi
>> done
>
>
> Jan Agermose ha scritto:
>>
>> hi
>>
>> I have a problem on my server in that mqueue.in fills with old files 
>> that are never removed - files back one year - I think its safe to 
>> say they will not get delivered.
>>
>> Is there som "find" command that can remove all files older than 14 
>> dayes if its safe to do so or should I clean up in some other way?
>>
>>  
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Jan
>>
>>  
>>
>>  
>>
>
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