EXPIRE(8) InterNetNews Documentation EXPIRE(8) (NAME) expire - INN (SYNOPSIS) expire [-iNnptx] [-d dir] [-f file] [-g file] [-h file] [-r reason] [-s size] [-v level] [-w number] [-z file] [expire.ctl] (DESCRIPTION) expire history(5) pathdb/history . groupbaseexpiry inn.conf . groupbaseexpiry false expire expire.ctl (storage class) . expire expireover (overview database) . "/remember/" expire.ctl . CNFS expire ( -N ). groupbaseexpiry true expireover expire.ctl . expireover (news spool) expire . groupbaseexpiry inn.conf false -N groupbaseexpiry true expire.ctl "/remember/" expire . groupbaseexpiry expireover expire news.daily cron . expire expire.ctl . groupbaseexpiry true . CNFS expire . (OPTIONS) -d dir -d history dir . . expire (paused) ".done" . . -r . -f file -f . -d . -f "history" . -g file -g -v 1 file . -h file -h . expire dbz . ( -d ".n" .) -h pathdb/history . -i -i . -N . -N expire . groupbaseexpiry inn.conf false . -n innd -n expire "pause" "go" . ( ctlinnd(8) ). expire -- . -p expire history . (posting date) . -p . -r reason expire history "pause" innd "Expiring" (reason) . -r . . expire history "go" . -n . -s size expire history . size - ( history) . . ( history .) -t -t expire (tokens) history history.n history.n.dir history.n.index history.n.hash . -n . -f history . -v level -v (verbosity) . level . ( history ) . -w number -w <<>> (warp) expire . (offset) . -x -x expire . -n -t . -z file -z file . delayrm news.daily(8) . expire.ctl . ("-") . pathetc/expire.ctl . (TOMBSTONE LOG) expiretombstone groupbaseexpiry inn.conf expire expireover innd sm -r ( expireover.tombstone cancels.tombstone pathdb) "SMretrieve(RETR_STAT)" . (tombstone) << >> . inn.conf(5) expiretombstone . (HISTORY) Rich $alz InterNetNews. POD Julien Elie. (SEE ALSO) ctlinnd(8), expire.ctl(5), expireover(8), history(5), inn.conf(5), innd(8), libinn_dbz(3), libinn_inndcomm(3), news.daily(8). INN 2.7.4 2026-06-12 EXPIRE(8)