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Database Traits Console Command Summary
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The purge column in the list d output displays the directory or queue’s purge interval,
preceded by P. The purge interval determines how old stories in a queue can get before they
are purged. Every hour, your system removes any stories older than their queue’s purge
interval and places these stories in the Dead queue. This process frees up space in your
database for new stories.
You can set a purge interval as days or hours, or a combination of both. You distinguish
between hours and days by using a decimal point.
To enter hours, type the number of hours, such as
24 .
To enter the purge interval in days and hours, type the number of days, a period, and the
number of hours, such as
2.12 .
To set the purge interval in days, type the number of days followed by a period (for instance,
90.). A purge interval of zero means the queue is never purged.
To set a queue’s purge interval, use:
dbtraits <queue name> purge <purge interval value>
For instance, to give all queues in the Wires directory a purge interval of two days, type:
dbtraits wires purge 2.
To list all queues in the database with a purge interval, use:
list purge=<purge interval> d
To list all queues in a directory with a purge interval, use:
list purge=<purge interval> d [<directory name>]
Mailbox Attribute
If a mailbox is assigned to a queue, the number representing that mailbox appears in the
mbox column of the list d display.
The format of the mailbox information is:
SRPlo-LIsUGQSXWFiT sortfield purge dis mbox directory
Q-RP----I---QSXW--- TITLE P3.0 D1 - WIRES.ALL
To list all queues in the database with a particular mailbox, use:
list mail=<mailbox number> d