3.3

Console Server Commands
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Any queues that have a write group assigned will not be purged when dbpurge runs as a
non-superuser.
The system automatically purges the directories and queues each hour to move old material
from high-turnover queues (such as the Wires queues) into the Dead queue. Normally locked
and held stories are not purged regardless of their age. Use this command only in an
emergency when you need to regain some space. Stories can receive a date in the future if
your system date is inaccurate. If you have future-dated stories because the system date was
inaccurately set, remove them using the
-f option or wait until the date expires. You must be
a console superuser to run
dbpurge on write-protected queues. For instance, to purge all
stories in the Wires queues older than five hours, type:
dbpurge wires 5
Typing dbpurge - purges all queues in the database according to each queue’s purge interval.
dbpurge -v does the same, and prints a message on the console for each queue purged.
You can also use dbpurge to remove held and locked stories from the database. To remove all
locked stories from all queues in the People directory, type:
dbpurge people -l
To remove all held stories from a queue, use dbpurge , but substitute -h for -l .
n
The dbpurge command can be run only on the master computer.
dbrestore
dbrestore <key> [option] ...
The dbrestore command restores data dumped via dbdump to the iNEWS database.
Automatic data conversions are performed to convert data from older database revisions to
the current database format.
Valid Keys Description
- Condition used as <path> parameter. Purges all queues with the default interval
-v Condition used as <path> parameter. Purge all queues listed in the command in
verbose mode
-h Include held entries (must be superuser to use this option) in the purge
-l Include locked entries (must be superuser to use this option) in the purge
-f Include future dated entries (must be superuser to use this option) in the purge
Interval is expressed in <hours> or <days>.<hours>