Re: huge trash

[Matthew Guenther <mguenthe engr uvic ca>]

On Sun, 16 Apr 2000, cyberclay wrote:

> Hey,
>   My trash folder is now approaching 48 megs.  I would like to make a
>   backup of it, and then create a new trash folder.  How can I do this?
> 

Well, if you're using mbox style folders (usual default), the easiest way
would be to find your trash file (if you didn't create it yourself it will
be in ~/balsa/Trash) and type something like:

$ cd ~/balsa
$ mv Trash trash-apr-2000
$ gzip trash-apr-2000
$ touch Trash

This should get you what you want, although you might want to use "gzip -9
<file>" to get better compression (48 MB is pretty big).  If you're using MH
or Maildir folders you'll have to use tar and gzip, since they consist of a
directory full of message files. 

HTH, if you have any other questions, feel free to ask.

MBG

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