Oh, I see. Yes, then you could use Pine and create a folder on the system, save those 2 messages in that folder. Next run the cat /dev/null command. I've had to do that too! MK Mark J. Kroska Director of Web Services KDV Technology and Consulting Services, Inc. Direct 320-258-6412 Main 320-252-7060 Fax 320-252-9627 mkroska at kdv.com "NOTICE: This E-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, 18 U.S.C. 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited, Please reply to the sender that you have received the message in error, then delete it. Thank you." ________________________________ From: tclug-list-bounces at mn-linux.org on behalf of Garrett Krueger Sent: Mon 1/10/2005 1:28 PM To: TCLUG Mailing List Subject: RE: [TCLUG] null command Here's one I've been struggling with. I have two messages in root I'd like to keep, and the remaining 1,000 or so can be deleted. Is there a quick, easy way to do that? Perhaps the best way is just to move the two messages somewhere else and then "null" the box every so often? What does everyone think? > It's funny, I had to do the exact same thing the other day. > > cat /dev/null > /var/spool/mail/root > > should set you up. I do this command with log files if they grow out of > control also. > MK > > Mark J. Kroska > Director of Web Services > KDV Technology and Consulting Services, Inc. > Direct 320-258-6412 > Main 320-252-7060 > Fax 320-252-9627 > mkroska at kdv.com _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/ms-tnef Size: 5381 bytes Desc: not available Url : http://shadowknight.real-time.com/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20050110/d9d02821/attachment.bin -------------- next part -------------- _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota Help beta test TCLUG's potential new home: http://plone.mn-linux.org Got pictures for TCLUG? Beta test http://plone.mn-linux.org/gallery tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list