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
     /news/log/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)