Date: Sat, 12 May 2007 12:09:19 -0500 From: Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Is there any already-existing method for removing empty dirs through periodic? Message-ID: <20070512170919.GA66680@just.puresimplicity.net> In-Reply-To: <20070512160200.1c5ecf9e@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <20070512050558.GA28182@just.puresimplicity.net> <20070512160200.1c5ecf9e@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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On Sat, May 12, 2007 at 04:02:00PM +0100, RW wrote: > On Sat, 12 May 2007 00:05:58 -0500 > Josh Tolbert <hemi@puresimplicity.net> wrote: > > > ... > > This setup eats disk space fast. I've been using the clean-tmps daily > > periodic to remove all files older than seven days from the video > > location, which takes care of the space issue, but there's one more > > little issue. It leaves a lot of empty directories. I could just > > write a cron entry to take care of empty directories, but I'm hoping > > there's something I'm missing and there's a way to remove empty > > directories from the locations specified in daily_clean_tmps_dirs > > They should be deleted automatically, but it's based on when they are > last modified, not just when the last file is removed, so it should take > 14 days in your case. Now that I look at it, you're right. Thanks. Sorry for wasting everyone's time. Thanks, Josh -- Josh Tolbert hemi@puresimplicity.net || http://www.puresimplicity.net/~hemi/ Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. -- Helen Keller
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