Bug#279205: exim4-base: Correct with this

[Marc Haber]

On Sat, Nov 06, 2004 at 12:22:36PM +0100, Andreas Metzler wrote:
> What do you think about this one:
> if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb ]; then
>   cd /var/spool/exim4/db || exit 1
>   find /var/spool/exim4/db -maxdepth 1 -name '*.lockfile' \
>        -or -type f -printf '%f\n' | \
>   while read file ; do
>         exim_tidydb_as_mail /var/spool/exim4 "$file" >/dev/null
>   done
> fi
> 
> It is not perfect (like find ... -exec or find -print0 | xargs -0) but
> afaict that is not necessary.

But the xargs construction would be much less ugly

if [ -x /usr/sbin/exim_tidydb ]; then
  cd /var/spool/exim4/db || exit 1
  find /var/spool/exim4/db -maxdepth 1 -name '*.lockfile' \
       -or -type f -print0 | \
  xargs --null --max-args=1 exim_tidydb_as_mail /var/spool/exim4 >/dev/null
fi

I haven' actually tried in on a live system, but preliminary tests
look quite promising. However, using -exec would be even nicer, but
harder to read. That one is a matter of personal taste and quitung
skills.

Greetings
Marc