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A simple script to clean up the /home/httpd/prtspool directory, to be put in
cron.

#!/usr/bin/perl
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# $Id: cleanup_file_caches.pl,v 1.1 2002/11/06 19:10:09 matthew Exp $
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#################################################

=pod

=head1 NAME

cleanup_prtspool.pl - Remove temporary files from the LON-CAPA print spool.

=head1 SYNOPSIS

cleanup_prtspool.pl deletes files from /home/httpd/prtspool that have not
been accessed in 24 hours.

=head1 DESCRIPTION

cleanup_prtspool.pl examines each file in /home/httpd/prtspool and checks
its last access time.  Those files which have not been accessed in 24 hours
are unlinked.

=cut

#################################################

use strict;
use lib '/home/httpd/lib/perl/';
use File::Find;
use File::stat;

my $help = 0;
my $killtime = time - 24 * 60 * 60;

sub kill_if_old {
    my $filename = $File::Find::name;
    return if (! -f $filename); # We only want files
    my $inode =stat($filename);
    if ($inode->atime < $killtime) {
        unlink($filename) || print "Unable to unlink $filename";
    }
}

find (\&kill_if_old,'/home/httpd/prtspool');