* Ralf Hildebrandt <ralf.hildebra...@charite.de>: > I have a large mail backup folder backup@backup.invalid; I'm cleaning > up daily like this: > > infimum=`date -d "-4 day" +"%Y-%m-%d"` > doveadm expunge -u backup@backup.invalid mailbox INBOX SAVEDBEFORE $infimum > doveadm purge -u backup@backup.invalid > > yet I see this: > > # find attachments/ -type f -ctime +5 | wc -l > 7522 > # find attachments/ -type f | wc -l > 127579 > > # find attachments/ -type f -mtime +5 | wc -l > 14361 > # find attachments/ -type f | wc -l > 127793 > > About 5.9% of the files in attachments and below are older than 5 days. > Why? Is that normal? > > using dovecot 2:2.3.1-1 from the official repos.
I retried this today (2:2.3.4.1-1~bionic): # find attachments/ -type f -ctime +5 | wc -l 193121 # find attachments/ -type f | wc -l 301885 193121 of 301885 (64%) are older (ctime) than 5 days, although I just purged everything older than 4 days? # /home/copymail# find attachments/ -type f -mtime +5 | wc -l 201629 # /home/copymail# find attachments/ -type f | wc -l 301900 201629 of 301900 (66.7%) files are modified (mtime) more than 5 days ago, although I just purged everything older than 4 days? -- Ralf Hildebrandt Geschäftsbereich IT | Abteilung Netzwerk Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin Campus Benjamin Franklin Hindenburgdamm 30 | D-12203 Berlin Tel. +49 30 450 570 155 | Fax: +49 30 450 570 962 ralf.hildebra...@charite.de | https://www.charite.de