* jmc <j...@cosmicnetworks.net> [090609 19:58]:
> from /etc/daily:
>
> # Additional junk directory cleanup would go like this:
> #if [ -d /scratch -a ! -L /scratch ]; then
> # cd /scratch && {
> # find . ! -name . -atime +1 -execdir rm -f -- {} \;
> # find . ! -name . -type d -mtime +1 -execdir rmdir -- {} \; \
> # >/dev/null 2>&1; }
> #fi
>
> is this to suggest that the best thing to do is edit /etc/daily and
> wedge in the directories i need cleaned up? i'm only asking because my
> first thought of course would be to put this code in /etc/daily.local to
> ease merging in any diffs that future upgrades might provide.
>
exactly!
> perhaps there're reasons i can't suss right now why doing this
> daily.local might be sub-optimal.
>
> appreciate any input.
>
I use weekly.local to clean stale files from web server cache
directories. It never fails.
HTH,
Jim
