Re: [EXIM] Big db files

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Author: cwlin
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To: Philip Hazel
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Big db files


Philip Hazel wrote:
>
> On Fri, 25 Jun 1999 cwlin@??? wrote:
>
> >     I found these two files is huge...

> >
> >     /var/spool/exim/db/wait-remote_smtp.pag  -- 33M
> >     /var/spool/exim/db/retry.pag             -- 778M

>
> Note that these are sparse files containing "holes". What you you get
> when you use ls -s?
>


If we need to reset all these db file, is it a safe method?

1. kill exim listening daemon
2. cp /dev/null to these db file ( XXX.dir and XXX.pag )
3. restart exim daemon

Or is there another method better?

   ( According document, the entry in db file has 24 hour lifetime,
    sometime we need to reset all entries by hand. )


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Ching-Wei LIN / ªL¿[Þ³
cwlin@???. http://cwlin.seed.net.tw
SEEDNet Senior System Administrator / System Architect
Taipei, Taiwan.

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