On 23/01/13 23:11, Wjhonson wrote: > That's not however to what he is referring. Not a cron job, but rather a way > to specify directories to BE temporary. > Sort of a flag or something. I've never heard of that before. > Implemented by cron, I believe ...
But I know yast had it (the SuSE admin tool). You just gave it a list of directories, and how long to keep stuff, and it would clean them out for you. Cheers, Wol > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Ell <[email protected]> > To: U2 Users List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 1:48 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] Universal COMO > > > > Ahh. In that case, my guess is "directories as temporaries with time-outs" > means you have certain log directories in *nix that are "cleaned up" based on > date. This is typically done with a cronjob that uses find and simply > removes > old logs at a preset time (usually in the wee hours of the morning). > > Here is a find command to purge vsifax outbound faxes over 7 days old. > > find /usr/vsifax3/faxq/vsifax -mtime +7 -exec rm -rf {} \; > > I believe that command added to the cron to run everyday at 1am would define > /usr/vsifax3/faxq/vsifax as "temporary with time-outs". > > 1 0 * * * /usr/bin/find /usr/vsifax3/faxq/vsifax -mtime +7 -exec rm -rf {} \; > #Clears vsifax report files and faxes older than 7 days > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 3:37 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] Universal COMO > > > To be more clear > > > <<declare certain > directories as temporaries with time-outs.>> > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Ell <[email protected]> > To: U2 Users List <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 11:27 am > Subject: Re: [U2] Universal COMO > > > According to Google.... > > "this" has several meanings: > > Pronoun > Used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated > or > experienced: "is this your bag?". > > Adjective > Used to identify a specific person or thing close at hand or being indicated > or > experienced: "don't listen to this guy". > > Adverb > To the degree or extent indicated: "they can't handle a job this big". > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] > On Behalf Of Wjhonson > Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 2:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] Universal COMO > > I don't understand at all what this means. > I tried to Google it and I get a million false hits, without a more specific > name for which to look > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Wols Lists <[email protected]> > To: u2-users <[email protected]> > Sent: Wed, Jan 23, 2013 11:15 am > Subject: Re: [U2] Universal COMO > > > On 23/01/13 18:28, Wjhonson wrote: >> I see a *pro* in this, for the ease of cleaning up old logs from years >> ago, > obviously no longer needed, which can be done from the O/S level. What might > be > > > a *con* ? > > This isn't a pro, in that that is perfectly possible, certainly in *nix. > > I'm not sure how it's done, but it's pretty standard to declare certain > directories as temporaries with time-outs. Just add the &COMO& directories to > that list ... you could probably automate that. > > Cheers, > Wol _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
