NAME

       expirerm - remove articles that have been expired.

SYNOPSIS

       expirerm file

DESCRIPTION

       Expirerm  is  a  script that removes a list of files.  The specified file lists the files.
       It is sorted, and then fed into a pipeline responsible for  doing  the  removal,  normally
       fastrm(8).   If  there seemed to be a problem removing the files, then mail is sent to the
       news  administrator.   If  there   were   no   problems,   then   file   is   renamed   to
       /var/log/news/expire.list where it is kept (for safety) until the next day's expiration.

HISTORY

       Written by Landon Curt Noll <chongo@toad.com> and Rich $alz <rsalz@uunet.uu.net>

SEE ALSO

       expire(8), fastrm(8)

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