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to: JAY DICKINSON
from: FRANK RAMSEY
date: 1997-11-04 20:56:00
subject: Re: dumb question

 JD> running. :) :) :) Also ran PURGE /ALL from SYS dir. I 
 JD> don't know what that is,
 JD> but it certainly did a number on the drive. What is 
 JD> purpose of purge? "Help
 JD> Purge" confused me more than it helped me.
When you delete a file on a Netware volume, the pointers to the file are not 
removed. Deleted files can be recovered using the SALVAGE tool until: 1) the 
PURGE utility is run. This removes the pointers to the deleted files. PURGE 
/ALL removes pointers to all deleted files from the current directory and all 
subdirectories.  1) the volume is in danger of running out of free space; the 
server will attempt to recover free space by purging files that meet an age 
criteria.  If there are not sufficient files meeting the age criteria, the 
volume fills up.
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