On Sun, 16 Jul 2017 13:52:31 -0400 Richard Heck <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 07/16/2017 01:44 PM, Patrick Dupre wrote: > > Hello, > > > > The directory .lyx/cache > > contains numerous files with large size (eps, pdf). > > Is there a way to keep this directory a lot smaller ? > > These are the results of image conversions, which LyX saves so it > doesn't have to do the conversion the next time you open the same > file. There is, at the moment, no mechanism in LyX itself to manage > the size of this directory, etc. But you can just erase all the files > periodically if you wish to clean it up. > They'll be re-generated the next time they are needed. > > Richard > Making a shellscript that erases everything in that directory over a month old should be pretty easy too. Just make it carefully, so a blown cd command doesn't cause you to delete all sorts of stuff outside that directory. SteveT Steve Litt July 2017 featured book: Quit Joblessness: Start Your Own Business http://www.troubleshooters.com/startbiz
