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Subject: Re: History file for NetNews
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Date: 18 Jan 89 21:28:42 GMT
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In article <308@key.COM> peter@key.COM () writes:
>
>This file is over 2MB and growing.  Can I clear it out?  Does it
>every get cleared out?  Whats up with this file??
>
>Any help would be appreciated.

I remove all the history files twice a month and rebuild the history file
using:

expire -r -I -e 999 -E 999 -v0

It might not be necessary to remove the files, as I just looked at my
maintenance script and I don't remove the history files.  Hope this helps.
-- 
John B. Meaders, Jr.  BS Petroleum Engineering  UT '88
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