Numbers of Files
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I recently got an email from our server discussing the amount of files we have on the server. It looks that for only one site, we have over 11k under the "files" folder. Seems like a lot of these are in the cache and multiple levels of thumbnails.
I know we haven't uploaded 11k files so I'm curious to which ones I can delete and which ones are imperative to keep.
I know we haven't uploaded 11k files so I'm curious to which ones I can delete and which ones are imperative to keep.
The main two file counts are from image cached data and concrete5 cache data. These are causing the high count. You can delete everything in
And then see how many files you have that aren't cache files. My guess is that the majority are cache files. Note, that concrete5 will then recreate these cache files over time.
/files/cache/
And then see how many files you have that aren't cache files. My guess is that the majority are cache files. Note, that concrete5 will then recreate these cache files over time.
Thanks for the prompt reply--
I cleared my cache and have it disabled, but the files I'm seeing are in files/tmp which I assume is a temporary directory... elsewhere on the forum I thought they said it was tied to the cache but it doesn't respond to clearing the cache.
I cleared my cache and have it disabled, but the files I'm seeing are in files/tmp which I assume is a temporary directory... elsewhere on the forum I thought they said it was tied to the cache but it doesn't respond to clearing the cache.
So as I understand it you no longer have any files in /files/cache/?
You can probably just delete everything in /files/tmp too. How many files are in there? I would make a back up of that data somewhere else in case something is accidentally storing files there.
You can probably just delete everything in /files/tmp too. How many files are in there? I would make a back up of that data somewhere else in case something is accidentally storing files there.
There are only 4 files in the files/cache folder.
There are two folders in files/tmp with 476 files each in them. The files appear to have to do with different languages.
Actually this folder with all the files is in a parent folder of concrete5.4.2.2 so I'm wondering if I can delete that whole folder since I'm running 5.5.1 now...??
There are two folders in files/tmp with 476 files each in them. The files appear to have to do with different languages.
Actually this folder with all the files is in a parent folder of concrete5.4.2.2 so I'm wondering if I can delete that whole folder since I'm running 5.5.1 now...??
Like I said before, you can probably delete that. I would just download a copy of it just in case. Although at 476 X 2 you will still have 10k files. Which really isn't much difference at all(< 10%).
I found the following discussion that appears to indicate that these folders are left over after an install.
http://www.concrete5.org/developers/bugs/5405/filestmp-folder-fills...
I tried deleting them and everything seems to work fine.
http://www.concrete5.org/developers/bugs/5405/filestmp-folder-fills...
I tried deleting them and everything seems to work fine.
/files/tmp/1330008585/concrete5.4.2.2/concrete/libraries/3rdparty/Zend/Locale/Data
I cleared the cache and that doesn't appear to do anything to the files.
The qty of files in the folder is 476 x 2 (2 folders with dift numbers).
Does anyone know if these files are needed and how I can keep from saving them? I have a number of Concrete5 sites and I'm reaching my upper file limit, and Concrete5 ranks way up there on number of files it is using. When the sites themselves are so small, it's a shame to have so many files from themj taking up server space...
Thank you.