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cbozlagan
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‎06-18-2007 05:47 PM

‎06-18-2007 05:47 PM

Delete whole mail message of root

I want to delete whole mail message of root

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Luk Vandenbussche
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‎06-18-2007 06:09 PM

‎06-18-2007 06:09 PM

Re: Delete whole mail message of root

Execute

> /var/mail/root
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Murat SULUHAN
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‎06-18-2007 06:11 PM

‎06-18-2007 06:11 PM

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Re: Delete whole mail message of root

Hi


echo "" > /var/mail/root

or

rm /var/mail/root

Regards
Murat
Murat Suluhan
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Dennis Handly
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‎06-18-2007 06:25 PM

‎06-18-2007 06:25 PM

Re: Delete whole mail message of root

Or if you want to do it safely and save any new messages coming in:
# mailx
d *
q
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