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Top Forums UNIX for Dummies Questions & Answers Clearing Mail Queue Post 21541 by Perderabo on Saturday 18th of May 2002 07:28:04 AM
Old 05-18-2002
The shell expands that * into a list of filenames and then tries to run the rm command with that list. But there's a limit to how long that list can be and you exceeded it.

Since you are using the full path, you might try a relative path instead:
Code:
cd /var/spool/mqueue
rm *

Now each individual file no longer has the /var/spool/mqueue/ prefix so the expanded command is much shorter. But if this is still too long, you can try this...
Code:
cd /var/spool/mqueue
ls | xargs rm

The ls produces a list of file names which xargs reads. It then assembles them into a bunch of rm commands. It knows how long each one can be and it won't assemble a command that is too long.

But are sure that you want to do this? You are going to discard all of your mail! My idea of clearing the queue is
Code:
/usr/lib/sendmail -q -v

Last edited by rbatte1; 11-17-2016 at 10:59 AM.. Reason: Added CODE tags
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LEARN ABOUT SUNOS

mqueue

mqueue.h(3HEAD) 						      Headers							   mqueue.h(3HEAD)

NAME

       mqueue.h, mqueue - message queues

SYNOPSIS

       #include <mqueue.h>

DESCRIPTION

       The  <mqueue.h>	header	defines  the  mqd_t type, which is used for message queue descriptors.	This will not be an array type.  A message
       queue descriptor may be implemented using a file descriptor, in which case applications can open up to at least OPEN_MAX file  and  message
       queues.

       The <mqueue.h> header defines the sigevent structure (as described in <signal.h>, see signal.h(3HEAD)) and the  mq_attr structure, which is
       used in getting and setting the attributes of a message queue.  Attributes are initially set when the message queue is created.	A  mq_attr
       structure has the following members:

       long    mq_flags       message queue flags
       long    mq_maxmsg      maximum number of messages
       long    mq_msgsize     maximum message size
       long    mq_curmsgs     number of messages currently queued

       Inclusion of the <mqueue.h> header may make visible symbols defined in the headers <fcntl.h>, <signal.h>, <sys/types.h>, and <time.h>.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |      ATTRIBUTE TYPE	     |	    ATTRIBUTE VALUE	   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
       |Interface Stability	     |Standard			   |
       +-----------------------------+-----------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       fcntl.h(3HEAD), signal.h(3HEAD), time.h(3HEAD), types.h(3HEAD), attributes(5), standards(5)

SunOS 5.10							    30 Aug 2002 						   mqueue.h(3HEAD)
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