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6 nfarchive - archive notesfiles
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9 nfarchive [ -# ] [ -d ] [ -m- or -m+ ] [ -w# ] [ -f file ] topic [ ...
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13 Nfarchive is used to expire notes that have not been modified in a cer‐
14 tain amount of time. Archives are stored in ``archive notesfiles''.
15 The -# parameter is the number of days a notestring must be idle (no
17 new responses) before being eligible for archival.
18 Expired notestrings are either deleted or placed in an archive. The -d
20 parameter tells nfarchive to delete expired notestrings. If unse‐
21 lected, the expired notestrings are placed in an archive.
22 The -m+ option specifies that only notes marked with a director message
24 are eligible for expiration. -m- specifies that only notes without a
25 director message are eligible for expiration. By default, the expira‐
26 tion algorithm is indifferent to a note's director message status.
27 The -w# option specified the working set size for the expired notes‐
29 files. The specified number represents the minimum number of notes to
30 leave in the notesfile.
31 The expiration threshold, working set size, expiration action, and
33 director message requirements can all be specified as a director's
34 option in each notesfile. Specific values override what is specified
35 on the nfarchive command line. A default value specifies using the
36 value specified on the command line.
37 The -f parameter specifies a file containing a list of notesfiles to
39 archive. Notesfiles can also be specified on the command line.
40 By default, the archive of notesfile /usr/spool/notes/somenotes is in
42 /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes. The archive of
43 /some/other/place/somenotes also defaults to /usr/spool/old‐
44 notes/somenotes. To prevent collisions of this nature, mapping between
45 active and archive notesfiles is implemented. The file
46 /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into contains lines of
47 the form:
48 active-notesfile:archive notesfile
50 Lines in this file beginning with `#' are comments. Notesfiles without
52 an entry in this file are archived into the /usr/spool/oldnotes direc‐
53 tory with the appropriate last component.
54 When initially created, an archive notesfile has an access list match‐
56 ing its active counterpart. Currently, only directors are allowed to
57 write in an archive notesfile. Nfarchive refuses to archive an archive
58 notesfile.
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61 /usr/spool/notes/.utilities where this programs lives.
62 /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into
63 maps active notesfiles
64 into their archives.
65 /usr/spool/notes Default notes data base
66 /usr/spool/oldnotes Default archive directory
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69 notes(1),
70 The Notesfile Reference Manual
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73 Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%uiuc@csnet-relay.arpa)
74 Department of Computer Science
75 University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
76 Urbana, IL
77 Rob Kolstad (kolstad@convex.UUCP)
79 CONVEX Computer Corporation
80 Richardson, TX
81 University of Illinois NFARCHIVE(8)