[SLUG] scripting question

[Sonia Hamilton <sonia@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've written a small script that archives email - it works, but I was
wondering if there's any better way to write it (apart from using
another language).

The script is:

> for i in z_bak:7 root:14 y_spam_definite:56 ; do
>     mydir=${i%:*}
>     mydays=${i#*:}

$mydir is the directory to cleanup, $mydays is the # of days I want to
keep email. Is there any better way of writing the for loop to go thru
the 2 sets of values?

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