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authorPaul Rodger <paul@paulrodger.com>2002-11-21 22:57:13 +0000
committerPaul Rodger <paul@paulrodger.com>2002-11-21 22:57:13 +0000
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Use the archive cut-off date rather than the current time with the
--suffix option.
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@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@ with the filename <filename>exsouthrock_archive.gz</filename>.
<Para>
<Replaceable/NAME/ is run through the &python; <application/time.strftime()/
function, which means that you can specify any of the following special
-directives in <Replaceable/NAME/ to make archives named after the current
-date:
+directives in <Replaceable/NAME/ to make archives named after the archive
+cut-off date:
<itemizedlist mark='none'>
<listitem><para><option>%a</option>
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ are older than 180 days to a compressed mailbox called
<Para>
To archive all messages in the mailbox <filename>debian-user</filename> that
are older than 180 days to a compressed mailbox called
-<filename>debian-user_April_2002.gz</filename> (where the current month and
+<filename>debian-user_October_2001.gz</filename> (where the current month and
year is April, 2002) in the current directory:
<screen>
<prompt>bash$ </prompt><userinput>archivemail --suffix '_%B_%Y' debian-user</userinput>