Re: articles.gdbm file never get's smaller in size

Miernik:
> My /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm file never gets smaller in 
> size.

$ ls --size /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm 
83196 /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm

$ noffle --expire
Expiring articles
[..bla bla.. overviews deleted from group ..bla bla..]

$ ls --size /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm 
83196 /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm

$ noffle --rebuild
Rebuilding article database

$ ls --size /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm
62520 /var/spool/noffle/data/articles.gdbm


Jim Hague added the --rebuild option in June 2002. In earlier versions,
it was performed during expire. But gdbm databases are copied during
reorganisation. If you were low on disc space, 'noffle --expire' used to
fail.

If you don't '--rebuild' after each '--expire', slack space in your
database may be used to store new articles. The file articles.gdbm will
not grow continually.

I've told cron to '--expire' weekly and to '--rebuild' four times per
year.


BTW: Articles crossposted to groups with different expiry periods will
be deleted at the _first_ possible date, not the last one.


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