Nicolas -- ...and then Nicolas Rachinsky said... % % On Sun, Dec 09, 2001 at 06:26:56AM -0500, David T-G <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: % > Hmmm... Not for moving stuff out; grepmail will do a good job of finding % > the messages but that doesn't help you empty the big box. ... % % I think grepmail is the tool I need, thanks. % % Something like: % grepmail -v -d "before `date -v -2w '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`" mbox >new % grepmail -d "before `date -v -2w '+%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'`" mbox >old % seems to do what I want.
Oh, of course :-) I haven't used grepmail enough to have realized it had a -v flag. % % Now I have to do compressing, uncompressing, appending, locking and ... That's easy: mutt_dotlock source_file mutt_dotlock archive_file grepmail -d "before date..." | gzip -9 >> archive_file grepmail -v -d "before date..." > tmpfile mv -f tmpfile source_file mutt_dotlock -u archive_file mutt_dotlock -u source_file gzip can append :-) % % Nicolas :-D -- David T-G * It's easier to fight for one's principles (play) [EMAIL PROTECTED] * than to live up to them. -- fortune cookie (work) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!
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