[GRASS5] Cleaning of temp files

[Markus Neteler]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:56:11PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:52:11PM +0200, Markus Neteler wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 01:44:26PM +0200, Bernhard Reiter wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2002 at 12:35:50PM +0100, Glynn Clements wrote:
> > > > Markus Neteler wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > > Does anyone have a suggestion if we can install something
> > > > > like a cronjob or whatever, which deletes temp files of
> > > > > a certain age?
> > > 
> > > What about a command to explicitly call cleanup.
> > > Then users could issue this manually.
> > > 
> > > They might even set up a cron job themselfs.
> > 
> > We are talking about users :-)
> > They won't do it, maybe only the first day, then they forget about
> > that.
> > 
> > So it must be automated.
> 
> They'll get a warning about their quota then. :)

We do not use quota here for various reasons. Even then, most users
would not understand the reason (as the .tmp/ directory is rather hidden).

> A system admin also could do it.
If he/she finds free time :-)

The problem is that I regularly remind people to remove left-over temp files
from GRASS. This looks like a conceptional weakness in 'clean_temp'.
When working in remote sensing, you can quickly flood your machine without
realizing why (especially non-experienced users). That's why I suggest an
improvement here which is GRASS driven.

> Another idea would be to add a hook for a check when
> other temp files are created.

Markus