I confirm this works the way you described it: files are deleted on disk but entries remain in database.
Thanks for help David -----Original Message----- From: DEGARDIN David (CAMPUS) [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:53 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Purge build output directory OK...I'll have a look again as I think the last time I launched the purge, files were kept on disk. I'll confirm if it works or not soon. David -----Original Message----- From: Wendy Smoak [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, December 24, 2008 5:47 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Purge build output directory On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 9:05 AM, DEGARDIN David (CAMPUS) <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the answer. > Actually, I also tried to put : > - days older = 10 > - retention count = 1 > But it did not perform anything too... I think I get it. :) This feature purges the directories, but not the database entries. I assume you're looking at the 'Builds' tab before and after the purge, and still see the builds listed there? Here's what I see in the build output directory for project 1 before and after the purge: wsm...@artemis:~/apache-continuum-1.2.2/data/build-output-directory$ ls 1 1 19 19.log.txt 1.log.txt 22 22.log.txt wsm...@artemis:~/apache-continuum-1.2.2/data/build-output-directory$ ls 1 22 22.log.txt It deleted builds 1 and 19, and left 22. That's consistent with my configuration and the build dates. You will still see them listed on the 'Builds' tab, because this only purges the directories and the build logs. The database entries remain for historical purposes. If you click the 'Result' link you'll see that there is nothing in the text box where you'd usually see the build log. If you want to delete the database entries, you can use the checkboxes and Delete button on the 'Builds' tab. There is no scheduled purge for that yet because it needs to be a two-step process-- archive them to get them off of the 'Builds' tab but keep them available for statistics, then provide a way to really delete them later. HTH, -- Wendy
