ipurge with virtual domains

[Robin M.]

On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Robin M. wrote:
> On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Robin M. wrote:
> > On Mon, 19 Apr 2004, Robin M. wrote:
> >
> > > How can I use ipurge to delete mail from a trash folder called
> > > "Deleted Items" for all users in all domains using ipurge.
> > >
> > > The following command succesfully works, but I cannot figure out how to
> > > wildcard the domain name portion.
> > >
> > > ./ipurge -f -d 7 "user/%/Deleted Items at draftmail.org"
> > >
> > > I have tried unsuccessfull commands such as
> > >
> > > ./ipurge -f -d 7 "user/%/Deleted Items"
> > > ./ipurge -f -d 7 "user/%@draftmail.org/Deleted Items"
> > > ./ipurge -f -d 7 "user/%@%/Deleted Items"
> > > ./ipurge -f -d 7 "user/%/Deleted Items@%"
> > > ./ipurge -f -d 7 "user/%/Deleted Items%"
> > >
> > >
> > > I have the following items in my /etc/imapd.conf
> > > unixhierarchysep: yes
> > > altnamespace: yes
> > > virtdomains: userid
> > > defaultdomain: localdomain
> > >
> > >
> > reply to myslelf.
> >
> > After researching the archives a bit (pity people have to top-post) I
> > found some information regarding the % character and teh * character.
> >
> > The % character is a wildcard for just the username part and the * is a
> > wildcard for everything up to the folder. So my command is
> >
> > ipurge -f -b 1 "*/Deleted Items" "*/Junk E-mail"
> >
> Another reply to myself
>
> For the command to work from /etc/cyrus.conf and to escape the folders
> that contain spaces I used the following command in the events section
>
> <snip>
> cleanup cmd="ipurge -f -d 7 */Deleted\ Items */Junk\ E-mail" at=0400
> </snip>
>
Marathon of posting to myself.
The command that I posted prviously in /etc/cyrus.conf does not work,
although it does work when I run the same command from the comand line.
If anyone has a similar command, how do you properly escape the
directories with spaces in them.

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