CLEANCACHE(1)                                                    CLEANCACHE(1)



NAME
     cleanCache - remove stale desktop type or layout cache entries

SYNOPSIS
     /usr/lib/desktop/cleanCache [types | layouts]

DESCRIPTION
     In order to improve performance, the IRIX Interactive Desktop
     automatically maintains a cache of ftr types and layouts for all of the
     directories that are viewed with fm or dirview.  The cleanCache shell
     script can be used remove cache files for directories which no longer
     exists.  Since /usr/lib/desktop/cleanCache is a shell script, users can
     copy and modify it to suit their own particular needs.

ARGUMENTS
     cleanCache accepts one of the following arguments:

     types   causes the ftr type cache to be cleaned of entries for non-
             existent directoies.

     layouts causes saved fm layouts to be removed for non-existent
             directories.

EXAMPLE
     The following command could be executed via a crontab entry to clean the
     type cache:

     /usr/lib/desktop/cleanCache types

FILES
     $HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/TypeCache
          directory containing cached ftr types

     $HOME/.desktop-<hostname>/layouts
          directory containing saved fm layouts

SEE ALSO
     typeCache(1), flushCache(1), fm(1), IID(1).

















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