Jeffrey Goldberg wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 cwlin@??? wrote:
>
> > Is there any method to reduce or control the size
> > of db file?
> >
> > I found these two files is huge...
> >
> > /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp.pag -- 33M
> > /var/spool/exim/db/retry.pag -- 778M
> >
> > Any one knows the answer, please tell me.
> > Thank you.. :)
>
> Take a look at references to exim_tidydb in the documentation.
I have run exim_tidydb, and delete a lot of old entry. But
the size seems the same... :)
I think it is "these are sparse files containing 'holes'", as
Philip Hazel said..
If I use ls -s, I found they are not huge... :) Just 9776 blocks..
Thank you...
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