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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.
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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
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
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