66 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
66 lines
1.9 KiB
Groff
.TH CLEANTMP 8
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.SH NAME
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cleantmp \- clean out a tmp dir
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.SH SYNOPSIS
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.B cleantmp
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.RB [ \-d "[\fIlevel\fR]]"
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.RB [ \-i
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.IR file "] ..."
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.BR \-\fIdays\fB | \-f
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.RI [ directory " ...]"
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.B Cleantmp
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removes all files in each of the given directories and their subdirectories
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that have not been accessed for at least
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.I 'days'
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days. Empty subdirectories are removed if their modified times are more
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than
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.I 'days'
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days old.
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.B Cleantmp
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looks at days as humans do, i.e. they last from midnight to midnight.
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Meaning that
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.B cleantmp -1 /tmp
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removes all files that were not touched after midnight last night. This may
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be very helpful, because in many cases that big file that clogs up
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.B /tmp
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was created yesterday, but less than 24 hours ago.
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.PP
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The 'days' flag may be replaced by
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.B \-f
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causing
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.B cleantmp
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to remove all files in the directory no matter what age. Specifying zero
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days doesn't work, because it is assumed to be a mistake.
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.PP
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.B Cleantmp
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knows that files and directories that have a name starting with a '.' are
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special and will not delete them or files within them if they are not at
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least 14 days old.
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.SH OPTIONS
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.TP 5
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.BR \-d "[\fIlevel\fR]]"
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Set the debug level to
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.I level
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(by default 1). Normally only errors are reported. Debug level 1 lists the
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actions taken on standard error, level 2 also prints the file times used,
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and level 3 makes
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.B cleantmp
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playact, i.e. nothing is really removed.
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.TP
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.BI \-i " file "
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One or more
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.B \-i
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options name files to be ignored. Files are not removed if they are in the
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list of ignored files by either a directory entry match, or a full pathname
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match. This option is useful to keep things like named pipes that some
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longlived programs foolishly put in temporary directories.
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR find (1).
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.SH BUGS
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Don't use '\fBcleantmp -1\fP' shortly after midnight.
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.PP
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It would be nice if one could delete files that are, say, 2 hours old.
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.SH AUTHOR
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Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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