cleanup

[David Relson]

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 05:48:21 -0500
Tom Allison wrote:

> I'm probably approaching OT, but how do I know what files I can clean
> up from my wordlist directory (~/.bogofilter/)
> 
> The lock files for the database are far exceeding the original
> wordlist in size and I'm not certain that there is any need for many
> of these files.
> 
> However, considering that I've had to rebuild this database from
> scratch twice now I'm more than a little reluctant to just delete
> anything. Personally, I'm still not clear on why these changes should
> be "good" with all the problems reported, but that's a feature of any
> change so I'll leave that one go as an opinion.  But a technical
> description of why would be helpful to me.

Hi Tom,

See script db_copy (on SourceForge) or RTFM (specifically
README.db, specifically "3.1 LOG FILE HANDLING")

Using transactions reduces the likelihood of a damaged database due to
bogofilter or hardware malfunction.  Using transactions introduce
additional complexity into database management.

They are "good" for the first reason and "bad" for the second reason.

HTH,

David