how can i have a automatically check folder size and when the contain of the folder is reach to some limit it will deletes all the contains the files inside.
conandor
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Jump to PostHey There,
du is a good command to use to check a folder size. Compare that against your baseline (whatever your "too big" limit is) and, at that point, just use rm -rf to remove the contents. You'll probably want to run it in cron if it's a persistent …
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eggi
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Hey There,
du is a good command to use to check a folder size. Compare that against your baseline (whatever your "too big" limit is) and, at that point, just use rm -rf to remove the contents. You'll probably want to run it in cron if it's a persistent check.
Best wishes,
Mike
conandor
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thanks.
how can i write a cron script for it
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