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24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles

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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de>
Cc: 9958 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#9958: 24.0.91; Gnus agent needs a command to remove downloaded articles
Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2012 20:04:56 +0100

Sven Joachim <svenjoac <at> gmx.de> writes:

> While this probably makes sense, there should be an easy way to clear
> the cache and free up disk space.  I ended up running
>
> find ~/News/agent -name "[0-9]*" -delete
>
> which is not what people should have to do, IMHO.

If you're using the Agent, then saying `M-x gnus-agent-expire' once in a
while is required (if you want stuff to be removed).  Doesn't that work?

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