Theo Van Dinter writes: > On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 03:52:02PM -0400, Kris Deugau wrote: > > There is no way I know of to shrink BerkelyDB files in-place. >:( > > In case anyone's wondering, this is why the Bayes expire system creates a new > DB file and copies over the entries that should be kept, then deletes/renames > the files. > > The AWL DB lacks timestamps and an expiry system. There were some > thoughts about making Bayes, AWL, etc, all use a generic system which > included timestamps for entries and a plugable expiry system, but no > one ever worked on it. :(
To be honest, at this stage I'd be happy to see just a simple AWL expiry mechanism -- the over-arching solution sounds like it just got bogged down in too much generality. KISS. --j.
