OUCH!! On Sat, 2004-05-29 at 20:42, Jason Dixon wrote: > On May 29, 2004, at 7:53 PM, Jake Johnson wrote: > > > Here is a cool script for anyone that has really big email files and > > wants to have them compressed. > > > > #!/bin/bash > > for file in `ls | grep -v gz$ | grep -v sh$` > > do > > echo "Compressing $file..." > > gzip -c $file >> $file.gz > > rm $file > > touch $file > > done > > Not to rain on your parade, but I don't see how this qualifies as a > "cool" script. There's nothing vaguely specific to it about mail file > compression. Not to mention that you didn't provide any real > instructions for anyone willing to try it. Why not just use something > like: > > for i in `find $HOME -name *.mbox`; do gzip -c $i >> $i.gz && cat > /dev/null > $i; done > > This is no "cooler" than yours, but it's a tad more succinct. The main > advantage is you don't have to worry about grepping out wanted matches, > since it's only going to match mbox files (I assume this is what you're > aiming for and not Maildir, it's impossible to ascertain by your post). > The other avoiding have to rm && touch files over and over again. > Cat'g null into them zeros it out without having to HUP any writing > processes or recreate the file. > > P.S. In the future, please refrain from cross-posting, particularly > for something as silly as this. > > -- > Jason Dixon, RHCE > DixonGroup Consulting > http://www.dixongroup.net > -- Thomas E. Dukes <edukes@xxxxxxxxxx> -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=unsubscribe https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
