Tim Wunder wrote:
> On 5/10/2002 3:04 PM, someone claiming to be ming deng wrote:
>
>> R.Danner III wrote:
>>
>>> ming deng wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't want to do "rm -f *.msf" while mozilla is running, for I
>>>> think it probably would be problematic. What components should I
>>>> call then?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 1. Exit all instances of Mozilla (browser, Chatzilla, quicklaunch,
>>> mail/news)
>>> 2. Use your OS's delete command to remove the *.msf file set.
>>> 3. Restart mail/news and visit each of the folders... it'll rebuild the
>>> associated *.MSF file. However, this can take a fair bit of time on
>>> folders with > 2000 messages, so be patient.
>>>
>>> I happen to follow this path periodically myself, whenever I get
>>> a problem that might be solved by killing the index files...
>>> Sometimes it works, sometimes it does not.
>>
>>
>>
>> Sorry, my question was "while mozilla is running".
>>
>> Ming
>>
>
> If you righ-click the folder and select "compact this folder",
> wouldn't that do it? Or are you looking for a command line solution?
>
I run a javascript program from xpcshell, which does not have any user
interface.
