ac> Sat 2003-06-28 13:25, Bob Jones (1:343/41) wrote to Roy J. Tellason:

 BJ> Since the squish code includes a routine for converting from *.msg
 BJ> to Squish and from Squish to *.msg, would it do what you want by
 BJ> converting the area from *.msg to squish and then back?

 ac> You could also try doing *.msg to *.msg.  It has the 
 ac> effect of renumbering the messages when I use it here.

 ac> $sqconv sourcedir \*.msg destdir \*.msg 0

I'll have to remember this trick.....  But before I test it in Linux I need
to look up how to pass the wild card character to sqconv and not have the
shell interpret it.   [That's impacting me on other max/squish utilities
under Linux.]

Take care.....

Bob Jones, 1:343/41


 ac> sourcedir and destdir should be different otherwise 
 ac> sqconv may end up in an endless loop.

 ac> You should probably change 0 to whatever your zone 
 ac> number is if you're processing a netmail area.

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