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SIEVEDUP(1)                 General Commands Manual                 SIEVEDUP(1)

NAME
       sievedup - SIEVE duplicate history tool

SYNOPSIS
       sievedup [-c] [-e days] [-l] [-x] dbfile

DESCRIPTION
       sievedup provides a few functions relating to the database used by mfl's
       SIEVE's duplicate test.

       Options which may be given are as follows:

       -c     Clean the database.

       -e days
              When expiring entries in the database, use this number of days as
              an the lifetime for each entry.

       -l     List the entries in the database.

       -x     Increment debugging level

       dbfile is the name of the database file to use.

OPERATION
       sievedup  accesses  and  operates  on a database used in the "duplicate"
       SIEVE test in the mfl scripting language. When the  -c  flag  is  given,
       sievedup  will attempt to clean the history file by removing old expired
       entries. Normally each entry will have an expiration period set when the
       entry is first tested.  Use of the -e option will force a specific expi-
       ration period for all entries.

       Normally the database is self-cleaning: a purge operation is done  when-
       ever  the last cleaned time is old enough (1 day, say). The last cleaned
       time, by the way, is shown when the -l option is  used  to  display  the
       contents of the database.

SEE ALSO
       http://www.mvmf.org/ -- the mvmf web site.

CREDITS TO
       M. Mallett  (mem@mvmf.org)    2025

BUGS
       You tell me..

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