---
name: "expirerm"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "inn"
version: "2.7.4-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/expirerm"
---

# expirerm(8)

Remove articles that have been expired

## NAME

expirerm - Remove articles that have been expired

## SYNOPSIS

**expirerm** *file*

## DESCRIPTION

**expirerm** is a script that removes a list of files.  The specified *file* lists the files to be removed.  It is usually created by **expire -z**.  This file is sorted, and then fed into a pipeline responsible for doing the removal, normally **fastrm**.  (You may want to edit **expirerm** to change the flags passed to **fastrm**.)

If there seemed to be a problem removing the files, then a mail is sent to the news administrator.  If there were no problems, then *file* is renamed to *pathlog*/expire.list where it is kept (for safety) until the next time expiration is done.

## HISTORY

Written by Landon Curt Noll \<chongo@toad.com\> and Rich $alz \<rsalz@uunet.uu.net\>.  Converted to POD by Julien Elie.

## SEE ALSO

[expire(8)](/expire/8.md), [fastrm(1)](/fastrm/1.md), [newslog(5)](/newslog/5.md).