[Remind-Fans] how to keep .reminders file clean?

[Paul M Foster]

On Sun, Jan 27, 2008 at 12:14:24PM -0500, David F. Skoll wrote:

> Martin Walk wrote:
> 
> > how do you keep your .reminders file clean:
> > how do you remove expired one-time reminders from the file?
> > is there a mechanism for that in remind or do you have to do it manually?
> 
> You have to do it manually.  Ancient (2.x) versions of Remind had an
> option to purge expired reminders.  However, with 3.x and Remind's
> expression mechanism, there is in general no way for Remind to know
> for sure that a reminder has expired and will never reappear.
> 
> I'm trying to figure out a nice way to do this... any ideas?
> 

I keep reminders in a variety of files by subject, *if* they are recurring
reminders. However, *one-time* reminders go in a one-time reminder file,
and can be purged as needed. Most events I have are recurring, so the
one-time file is smaller by far.

Paul
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Paul M. Foster