[X-Unix] Trying to get rid of unwanted files

[Al Simcoe]

This user definitely need s "New Life" !

If he can not multitask in Life, maybe he should go back and apply his 
talents on a Commodore C64 rather then play in the OS X world !!

Maybe he should not use his iPod at home either. He may not hear his 
Door Bell or hear his Security Alarm go off !

-A-

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On May 13, 2004, at 10:26 AM, Mark Gibson wrote:

> At 07:17 -0700 13/5/04, Larry Helms wrote:
>> [cron schedule date/time stuff] cd /var/spool/cups; rm *; {other 
>> commands
>> you want to perform}
>>
>>>  From: Mark Gibson <gibsonm at bigpond.net.au>
>>>  Reply-To: "Mac OS X Unix" <X-Unix at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>  Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 00:09:24 +1000
>>>  To: "Mac OS X Unix" <X-Unix at lists.themacintoshguy.com>
>>>  Subject: [X-Unix] Trying to get rid of unwanted files
>>>
>>>  Hi,
>>>
>>>  I'm one of many suffering from OS 10.3.3's print server bloat 
>>> problem
>>>  (the /var/spool/cups/tmp directory files with 1000's of files and 
>>> the
>>>  print service chokes and fails).
>>>
>>>  I've written a cron task to clean out the /tmp folder but I'm trying
>>>  to find a suitable Unix command to clean out the /cups folder,
>>>  leaving the /tmp folder behind.
>>>
>>>  I want to end up with two tasks, one that cleans /tmp (deletes the
>>>  contents) and one that removes everything from /cups except the /tmp
>>>  directory.
>>>
>>>  Can anyone point this GUI user in the right direction (please keep 
>>> it simple)?
>>>  --
>>>  Regards,
>>>
>>>  Mark (}-:
>>>
>>>  AIM / iChat: gibsonm1
>>>
>>>  "I'd rather have a frontal lobotomy than Windoze in front of me..."
>>  > -- Brian J. Lowry
>
> Yes,
>
> But wont that remove /tmp as well?
>
> /tmp is in /cups (i.e. /var/spool/cups/tmp). I need something that 
> removes the files but leaves the structure intact.
>
> Happy to be corrected BTW.
> -- 
> Regards,
>
> Mark (}-:
>
> AIM / iChat: gibsonm1
>
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