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

[Mark Gibson]

At 10:40 -0400 13/5/04, Al Simcoe wrote:
>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-
>
>-------
>Once you go Mac, you'll never go back !
>"The box said, Requires Windows 95, or better. So I bought a Macintosh"!
>
>
>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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I don't know if it was directed at Larry or I, but thank you so much 
for the constructive feedback.

-- 
Regards,

Mark (}-:

AIM / iChat: gibsonm1

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