Thanks Jim & TNoell, those were helpful responses. My followup question would be regarding setting the CCACHE_HARDLINK environment variable. Is anyone using this successfully - as that would imply that disk space usage is being minimized. I ask since the MAN page says that set using hard links can: "confuse programs like 'make' that rely on modification times". __ Naqib
-----Original Message----- From: Jim C. Nasby [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:34 AM To: Khan, Naqib (RICH2:2V90) Cc: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ccache] Disk Space Requirements man ccache and look at the -M option. On Wed, Jul 19, 2006 at 12:31:54AM -0500, Naqib Khan wrote: > Hi Folks, > > I have used ccache successfully in a test environment. Just > confirming > here: with ccache, I would now have two sets of object files - one in > my CCACHE_DIR & the other in the original location (where they normally > get created - per the build process). Right now, my testing is limited > to one user/ID. > > If that's the case, is it safe to assume that - when implementing > ccache > - I will need twice the amount of disk space for my object files (in my > CCACHE_DIR & the other in the original location). Any tips/suggestions > on how to keep the disk space to a minimum. > > > Thanks, > Naqib > > _______________________________________________ > ccache mailing list > [email protected] https://lists.samba.org/mailman/listinfo/ccache > -- Jim C. Nasby, Database Architect [email protected] Give your computer some brain candy! www.distributed.net Team #1828 Windows: "Where do you want to go today?" Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?" FreeBSD: "Are you guys coming, or what?"
