Yeah, you could easily set a cron job up to remove any files in that directory older than X days.
Kevin Anderson (not original responder) Ryan Mannion wrote: > Kevin, > > Thank you for the information. For future reference, clearing out the > downloads cache solved the problem for me - it turns out my server had > accumulated about 11,000 files there. > > Ryan > > On Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Kevin Ottalini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ryan, >> The warning about CreateFragmentsFromFile is just about player's sprays >> being uploaded/downloaded and is normal and should have no impact on the >> server or gameplay. >> >> It is a good idea to delete all the sprays resident in 'downloads/ from time >> to time to prevent lag as the server searches to see if that spray is >> already present. >> >> When the server finds a spray and has to compress it this can cause lag. >> >> One very easy fix if you see ongoing problems with this is to just disable >> sprays for a bit. >> >> sv_send_logos 0 >> >> >> >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Ryan Mannion" >> To: "Half-Life dedicated Linux server mailing list" >> <[email protected]> >> Sent: Thursday, May 01, 2008 11:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [hlds_linux] Linux srcds performance unacceptable >> >> >>> I agree with Nephyrin but also wanted to add another problem that's >>> been ongoing for a while. When players connect, I often see lines in >>> the form "CreateFragmentsFromFile: 'downloads/5e255ec6.dat' doesn't >>> exist." duplicated in the server console dozens of times (seems to be >>> correlated to the number of players connected). My guess is that it >>> has something to do with distributing custom sprays to players. >>> Regardless, those lines correspond to massive server pauses that >>> players notice. With the reserved slot system I use which could lead >>> to someone reconnecting multiple times in a short period of time, the >>> pauses resulting from the CreateFragmentsFromFile issue become >>> extremely disruptive. >>> >>> From a cursory search, this problem has been present since at least >>> 2005. Is there anything that can be done about it while maintaining >>> clients' ability to download maps? >>> >>> Ryan >> >> _______________________________________________ >> To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, >> please visit: >> http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux >> > > _______________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please > visit: > http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux > _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
