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1.1     ! root        1: .TH NFARCHIVE 8 "University of Illinois"
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: nfarchive \- archive notesfiles
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B nfarchive
        !             6: [
        !             7: .B "-#"
        !             8: ]
        !             9: [
        !            10: .B "-d"
        !            11: ]
        !            12: [
        !            13: .B "-m-"
        !            14: or
        !            15: .B "-m+"
        !            16: ]
        !            17: [
        !            18: .B "-w#"
        !            19: ]
        !            20: [
        !            21: .B "-f"
        !            22: file
        !            23: ]
        !            24: topic [ ... ]
        !            25: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            26: .I "Nfarchive" 
        !            27: is used to expire notes that have not been modified in a certain 
        !            28: amount of time.
        !            29: Archives are stored in ``archive notesfiles''.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: The 
        !            32: .B "-#" 
        !            33: parameter is the number of days
        !            34: a notestring must be idle (no new responses) before
        !            35: being eligible for archival.
        !            36: .PP
        !            37: Expired notestrings are either deleted or placed in an archive.
        !            38: The 
        !            39: .B "-d"
        !            40: parameter tells 
        !            41: .I "nfarchive"
        !            42: to delete expired notestrings.
        !            43: If unselected,
        !            44: the expired notestrings are placed in an archive.
        !            45: .PP
        !            46: The
        !            47: .B "-m+"
        !            48: option specifies that only notes marked with a 
        !            49: director message are eligible for expiration.
        !            50: .B "-m-"
        !            51: specifies that only notes without a director message are eligible
        !            52: for expiration.
        !            53: By default, the expiration algorithm is indifferent to
        !            54: a note's director message status.
        !            55: .PP
        !            56: The 
        !            57: .B "-w#"
        !            58: option specified the working set size
        !            59: for the expired notesfiles.
        !            60: The specified number 
        !            61: represents the minimum number of notes to leave in the notesfile.
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: The expiration threshold,
        !            64: working set size,
        !            65: expiration action,
        !            66: and
        !            67: director message requirements
        !            68: can all be specified as a director's option in each notesfile.
        !            69: Specific values override what is specified on the
        !            70: .I "nfarchive"
        !            71: command line.
        !            72: A default value specifies using the value specified on the
        !            73: command line.
        !            74: .PP
        !            75: The 
        !            76: .B "-f"
        !            77: parameter specifies a file containing a list of notesfiles
        !            78: to archive.
        !            79: Notesfiles can also be specified on the command line.
        !            80: .PP
        !            81: By default, the archive of notesfile
        !            82: .I /usr/spool/notes/somenotes
        !            83: is in
        !            84: .I /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes.
        !            85: The archive of
        !            86: .I /some/other/place/somenotes
        !            87: also defaults to
        !            88: .I /usr/spool/oldnotes/somenotes.
        !            89: To prevent collisions of this nature,
        !            90: mapping between active and archive notesfiles is implemented.
        !            91: The file
        !            92: .I /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into
        !            93: contains lines of the form:
        !            94: 
        !            95:        active-notesfile:archive notesfile
        !            96: 
        !            97: Lines in this file beginning with `#' are comments.
        !            98: Notesfiles without an entry in this file are archived into
        !            99: the 
        !           100: .I /usr/spool/oldnotes
        !           101: directory with the appropriate last component.
        !           102: .PP
        !           103: When initially created, an archive notesfile
        !           104: has an access list matching its active counterpart.
        !           105: Currently, only directors are allowed to write in an 
        !           106: archive notesfile.
        !           107: .I Nfarchive
        !           108: refuses to archive an archive notesfile.
        !           109: .SH FILES
        !           110: .PD 0
        !           111: .TP 45
        !           112: /usr/spool/notes/.utilities
        !           113: where this programs lives.
        !           114: .TP 45
        !           115: /usr/spool/notes/.utilities/net.alias/Archive-into
        !           116: maps active notesfiles into their archives.
        !           117: .TP 45
        !           118: /usr/spool/notes
        !           119: Default notes data base
        !           120: .TP 45
        !           121: /usr/spool/oldnotes
        !           122: Default archive directory
        !           123: .PD
        !           124: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           125: notes(1),
        !           126: .br
        !           127: .ul
        !           128: The Notesfile Reference Manual
        !           129: .SH AUTHORS
        !           130: .nf
        !           131: Ray Essick (uiucdcs!essick, essick%[email protected])
        !           132: Department of Computer Science
        !           133: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
        !           134: Urbana, IL
        !           135: .sp
        !           136: Rob Kolstad ([email protected])
        !           137: CONVEX Computer Corporation
        !           138: Richardson, TX
        !           139: .fi

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