+FORCE is equivalent to setting the expiration predicates to true."
+ (interactive
+ (list (let ((def (or (gnus-group-group-name)
+ gnus-newsgroup-name)))
+ (let ((select (read-string (if def
+ (concat "Group Name ("
+ def "): ")
+ "Group Name: "))))
+ (if (and (equal "" select)
+ def)
+ def
+ select)))))
+
+ (if (not group)
+ (gnus-agent-expire articles group force)
+ (let ( ;; Bind gnus-agent-expire-stats to enable tracking of
+ ;; expiration statistics of this single group
+ (gnus-agent-expire-stats (list 0 0 0.0)))
+ (if (or (not (eq articles t))
+ (yes-or-no-p
+ (concat "Are you sure that you want to "
+ "expire all articles in " group ".")))
+ (let ((gnus-command-method (gnus-find-method-for-group group))
+ (overview (gnus-get-buffer-create " *expire overview*"))
+ orig)
+ (unwind-protect
+ (let ((active-file (gnus-agent-lib-file "active")))
+ (when (file-exists-p active-file)
+ (with-temp-buffer
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents active-file)
+ (gnus-active-to-gnus-format
+ gnus-command-method
+ (setq orig (gnus-make-hashtable
+ (count-lines (point-min) (point-max))))))
+ (save-excursion
+ (gnus-agent-expire-group-1
+ group overview (gnus-gethash-safe group orig)
+ articles force))))
+ (kill-buffer overview))))
+ (gnus-message 4 (gnus-agent-expire-done-message)))))
+
+(defun gnus-agent-expire-group-1 (group overview active articles force)
+ ;; Internal function - requires caller to have set
+ ;; gnus-command-method, initialized overview buffer, and to have
+ ;; provided a non-nil active
+
+ (let ((dir (gnus-agent-group-pathname group)))
+ (when (boundp 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs)
+ (set 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs
+ (cons dir
+ (symbol-value 'gnus-agent-expire-current-dirs))))
+
+ (if (and (not force)
+ (eq 'DISABLE (gnus-agent-find-parameter group
+ 'agent-enable-expiration)))
+ (gnus-message 5 "Expiry skipping over %s" group)
+ (gnus-message 5 "Expiring articles in %s" group)
+ (gnus-agent-load-alist group)
+ (let* ((stats (if (boundp 'gnus-agent-expire-stats)
+ ;; Use the list provided by my caller
+ (symbol-value 'gnus-agent-expire-stats)
+ ;; otherwise use my own temporary list
+ (list 0 0 0.0)))
+ (info (gnus-get-info group))
+ (alist gnus-agent-article-alist)
+ (day (- (time-to-days (current-time))
+ (gnus-agent-find-parameter group 'agent-days-until-old)))
+ (specials (if (and alist
+ (not force))
+ ;; This could be a bit of a problem. I need to
+ ;; keep the last article to avoid refetching
+ ;; headers when using nntp in the backend. At
+ ;; the same time, if someone uses a backend
+ ;; that supports article moving then I may have
+ ;; to remove the last article to complete the
+ ;; move. Right now, I'm going to assume that
+ ;; FORCE overrides specials.
+ (list (caar (last alist)))))
+ (unreads ;; Articles that are excluded from the
+ ;; expiration process
+ (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
+ ;; All articles are marked read by global decree
+ nil)
+ ((eq articles t)
+ ;; All articles are marked read by function
+ ;; parameter
+ nil)
+ ((not articles)
+ ;; Unread articles are marked protected from
+ ;; expiration Don't call
+ ;; gnus-list-of-unread-articles as it returns
+ ;; articles that have not been fetched into the
+ ;; agent.
+ (ignore-errors
+ (gnus-agent-unread-articles group)))
+ (t
+ ;; All articles EXCEPT those named by the caller
+ ;; are protected from expiration
+ (gnus-sorted-difference
+ (gnus-uncompress-range
+ (cons (caar alist)
+ (caar (last alist))))
+ (sort articles '<)))))
+ (marked ;; More articles that are excluded from the
+ ;; expiration process
+ (cond (gnus-agent-expire-all
+ ;; All articles are unmarked by global decree
+ nil)
+ ((eq articles t)
+ ;; All articles are unmarked by function
+ ;; parameter
+ nil)
+ (articles
+ ;; All articles may as well be unmarked as the
+ ;; unreads list already names the articles we are
+ ;; going to keep
+ nil)
+ (t
+ ;; Ticked and/or dormant articles are excluded
+ ;; from expiration
+ (nconc
+ (gnus-uncompress-range
+ (cdr (assq 'tick (gnus-info-marks info))))
+ (gnus-uncompress-range
+ (cdr (assq 'dormant
+ (gnus-info-marks info))))))))
+ (nov-file (concat dir ".overview"))
+ (cnt 0)
+ (completed -1)
+ dlist
+ type)
+
+ ;; The normal article alist contains elements that look like
+ ;; (article# . fetch_date) I need to combine other
+ ;; information with this list. For example, a flag indicating
+ ;; that a particular article MUST BE KEPT. To do this, I'm
+ ;; going to transform the elements to look like (article#
+ ;; fetch_date keep_flag NOV_entry_marker) Later, I'll reverse
+ ;; the process to generate the expired article alist.
+
+ ;; Convert the alist elements to (article# fetch_date nil
+ ;; nil).
+ (setq dlist (mapcar (lambda (e)
+ (list (car e) (cdr e) nil nil)) alist))
+
+ ;; Convert the keep lists to elements that look like (article#
+ ;; nil keep_flag nil) then append it to the expanded dlist
+ ;; These statements are sorted by ascending precidence of the
+ ;; keep_flag.
+ (setq dlist (nconc dlist
+ (mapcar (lambda (e)
+ (list e nil 'unread nil))
+ unreads)))
+ (setq dlist (nconc dlist
+ (mapcar (lambda (e)
+ (list e nil 'marked nil))
+ marked)))
+ (setq dlist (nconc dlist
+ (mapcar (lambda (e)
+ (list e nil 'special nil))
+ specials)))
+
+ (set-buffer overview)
+ (erase-buffer)
+ (buffer-disable-undo)
+ (when (file-exists-p nov-file)
+ (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview...")
+ (nnheader-insert-file-contents nov-file)
+ (goto-char (point-min))
+
+ (let (p)
+ (while (< (setq p (point)) (point-max))
+ (condition-case nil
+ ;; If I successfully read an integer (the plus zero
+ ;; ensures a numeric type), prepend a marker entry
+ ;; to the list
+ (push (list (+ 0 (read (current-buffer))) nil nil
+ (set-marker (make-marker) p))
+ dlist)
+ (error
+ (gnus-message 1 "gnus-agent-expire: read error \
+occurred when reading expression at %s in %s. Skipping to next \
+line." (point) nov-file)))
+ ;; Whether I succeeded, or failed, it doesn't matter.
+ ;; Move to the next line then try again.
+ (forward-line 1)))
+
+ (gnus-message
+ 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Loading overview... Done"))
+ (set-buffer-modified-p nil)
+
+ ;; At this point, all of the information is in dlist. The
+ ;; only problem is that much of it is spread across multiple
+ ;; entries. Sort then MERGE!!
+ (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... ")
+ ;; If two entries have the same article-number then sort by
+ ;; ascending keep_flag.
+ (let ((special 0)
+ (marked 1)
+ (unread 2))
+ (setq dlist
+ (sort dlist
+ (lambda (a b)
+ (cond ((< (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
+ t)
+ ((> (nth 0 a) (nth 0 b))
+ nil)
+ (t
+ (let ((a (or (symbol-value (nth 2 a))
+ 3))
+ (b (or (symbol-value (nth 2 b))
+ 3)))
+ (<= a b))))))))
+ (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Sorting entries... Done")
+ (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... ")
+ (let ((dlist dlist))
+ (while (cdr dlist) ; I'm not at the end-of-list
+ (if (eq (caar dlist) (caadr dlist))
+ (let ((first (cdr (car dlist)))
+ (secnd (cdr (cadr dlist))))
+ (setcar first (or (car first)
+ (car secnd))) ; fetch_date
+ (setq first (cdr first)
+ secnd (cdr secnd))
+ (setcar first (or (car first)
+ (car secnd))) ; Keep_flag
+ (setq first (cdr first)
+ secnd (cdr secnd))
+ (setcar first (or (car first)
+ (car secnd))) ; NOV_entry_marker
+
+ (setcdr dlist (cddr dlist)))
+ (setq dlist (cdr dlist)))))
+ (gnus-message 7 "gnus-agent-expire: Merging entries... Done")
+
+ (let* ((len (float (length dlist)))
+ (alist (list nil))
+ (tail-alist alist))
+ (while dlist
+ (let ((new-completed (truncate (* 100.0
+ (/ (setq cnt (1+ cnt))
+ len))))
+ message-log-max)
+ (when (> new-completed completed)
+ (setq completed new-completed)
+ (gnus-message 7 "%3d%% completed..." completed)))
+ (let* ((entry (car dlist))
+ (article-number (nth 0 entry))
+ (fetch-date (nth 1 entry))
+ (keep (nth 2 entry))
+ (marker (nth 3 entry)))