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From: jewett@hpl-opus.HP.COM (Bob Jewett)
Newsgroups: news.software.notes
Subject: Re: nfarchive question
Message-ID: <64460001@hpl-opus.HP.COM>
Date: 24 May 89 21:59:29 GMT
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Organization: HP Labs, High Speed Electronics Dept., Palo Alto, CA
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> But now, suppose I would like
> to archive all notesfiles in this way, except one called "stuff".

One way is to have a file "specials" with all special groups in it, then do:

    fgrep -vxf specials ~notes/Active | grep -v '^!!' > fortnightly
    nfarchive -14 -d -f fortnightly

The -x option to fgrep requires a full-line match on patterns, so that
comp.stuff will not also be matched.

Instead, I maintain a master list of expiration times, and the weekly
cleanup script forms the weekly, fortnightly, monthly, monthly-save, and
never-touch lists for nfarchive from that list.  The weekly script also
looks for groups in Active that are not yet in the master list, and
posts a nastygram to nfmaint.

> Sorry if this is not an appropriate place to be asking notes questions but
> I don't know of a better place.

hug.general (if you get it) gets more exposure within HP.

Bob Jewett