[Mapserver-users] Program to clean up *gif files

Yewondwossen Assefa assefa at dmsolutions.ca
Mon Jan 27 14:03:40 PST 2003


The defualt value is set to 1 hour but can be modifued on the command line :
deltmpfiles <directory> [hour]

"Martin, Daniel" wrote:

> I tried the DM Solutions exe.  It works as advertised.  It obviously takes
> into consideration the age of the file, and only deletes things that are
> older than some amount of time.  That's excellent, considering problems
> might occur if you delete a map while someone is actively downloading the
> image.
>
> For curiosity's sake, could Daniel or anyone else at DM Solutions say what
> that amount of time is?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dylan Keon [mailto:keon at nacse.org]
> Sent: Monday, January 27, 2003 2:30 PM
> To: John Rubin
> Cc: mapserver-users at lists.gis.umn.edu
> Subject: Re: [Mapserver-users] Program to clean up *gif files
>
> John Rubin wrote:
> > Can anyone recommend a program to automatically erase gif files created by
> mapserver in the ../tmp directory?  We are looking for a program for both
> windows and Unix.
> >
>
> For Unix, it's best to run a shell script through the cron utility.
> There is more info at http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/doc36/manage.html
>
> For Windows, DM Solutions has a .exe file available at
> http://www2.dmsolutions.on.ca/webtools/dl/deltmpfiles.zip
>
> --Dylan
>
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