.TH EXPIRERM 8 .SH NAME expirerm \- remove articles that have been expired. .SH SYNOPSIS .B expirerm .I file .SH DESCRIPTION .I Expirerm is a script that removes a list of files. The specified .I file lists the files. It is sorted, and then fed into a pipeline responsible for doing the removal, normally .IR fastrm (8). If there seemed to be a problem removing the files, then mail is sent to the news administrator. If there were no problems, then .I file is renamed to .I /expire.list where it is kept (for safety) until the next time expiration is done. .SH HISTORY Written by Landon Curt Noll and Rich $alz .SH "SEE ALSO" expire(8), fastrm(8), inn.conf(5).