bogoutil question

[R Kimber]

On Tue, 30 Jan 2007 19:22:26 +0100
Matthias Andree wrote:

> Why? See, "bogoutil --db-verify foo.db" does the following:
> 
> 1. lock the database for exclusive access
> 2. attempt recovery
> 3. only then verify consistency.

> db_verify, in contrast, only does part of the work, namely step #3, so
> it may report inconsistencies that are temporary if it is running
> while bogofilter or bogoutil are modifying the database (which it does
> not lock), and it may also report inconsistencies of transactionally
> operated databases that are repairable, and that other bogo* programs
> can and will automatically and transparently (i. e. they're not
> telling you) repair (since db_verify does not attempt repair).

I see that, but why would I get different results with the two commands
on a db that is not being used by bogoflter at all. I.e on an archive
copy elsewhere on the system that cannot be accessed by bogofilter?

Thanks for being patient :)

- Richard.
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Richard Kimber
http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk/