lupusy(_at_)afrodita(_dot_)rcub(_dot_)bg(_dot_)ac(_dot_)yu wrote,
| Im using the following recipe (from man page):
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| # Create a backup cache of 30 most recent messages in case of mistakes
| :0 c
| $HOME/Mail/backup
| :0 ic
| | cd $HOME/Mail/backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,30d`
|
| It's OK, but I'd like to have gziped messages in backup directory.
Easy enough: just add another recipe in the middle:
:0 c
$HOME/Mail/backup
:0aiWc
| gzip $LASTFOLDER
:0 ic
| cd $HOME/Mail/backup && rm -f dummy `ls -t msg.* | sed -e 1,30d`
Since gzip preserves the timestamps, ls -t is unaffected, and you still keep
backups of the thirty most recent messages.