Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!aplcen!wb3ffv!ceadg!jack From: jack@ceadg.UUCP (jack) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix.sco Subject: removing outdated news files Message-ID: <18@ceadg.UUCP> Date: 17 May 91 17:31:13 GMT Reply-To: jack@ceadg.UUCP () Distribution: usa Organization: ceadg Lines: 21 following the expire man file I have attempted to do the following command find /usr/spool/news -size 0 -o -mtime +90 -exec rm -f {} ; expire -r find returns the following error message: find: incomplete statement Where have I gone wrong? Is there some better way of eleminating old news articles that expire ect. has lost track of? A visual inspection of the news partition shows that there are a lot of files that have been lost track of. THe important stuff is sco xenix 386 2.3.2 and bnews version B 2.11 compiled by SCO. Patch level of Bnews is unkown Thanx Jack ___________________________________________________________________________ | wb3ffv!ceadg!jack | this space unintentionally left blank | | Computer Engineering Associates | | | Baltimore Md. | | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------