Use this command to add, delete, and modify expiration policies. The following table is a list of the parameters you can use with Rexpire.
| Parameter | Description |
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-t operation, where operation is one of the following arguments: |
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| a | Adds the expiration policy. |
| d | Deletes the expiration policy. |
| g | Gets the expiration policy. |
| s | Sets the expiration policy. |
| e | Enumerates the expiration policies. |
| -s server | The name of the server computer to be configured. |
| -v virtual server id | The NNTP site ID (an integer). |
| -i expire id | The ID of the expiration policy. |
| -h expire hours | The number of hours until articles are discarded. |
| -d megabytes expire size | The limit in megabytes on the size of the data in the virtual directory until articles begin to be deleted. The default is 500 MB. |
| -n newsgroups | The newsgroups to which the command is to be applied. (Strings containing the wildcard character (*) can be used.) |
| -p policy name | The name of the expire policy. |
The following examples show how command scripts are used. When Windows Scripting Host is running, you can enter any of the command scripts shown here on the command line.
| Command script | Function |
Rexpire.vbs -t e -v 1 |
Enumerates the expiration policies for NNTP site 1. |
Rexpire.vbs -t a -n alt.binaries.* |
Creates an expiration policy that expires articles on the alt.binaries hierarchy when the total size of these articles reaches 100MB. |
Rexpire.vbs -t s -i 1 -d 1000 -h 24 |
Sets policy 1, which (a) expires the oldest articles in the newsgroups if the total size of the articles exceeds 1000MB, and (b) expires any articles older than 24 hours. |
Rexpire.vbs -t d -i 1 |
Deletes expiration 1. |