Empty cache folder

[tordenflesk]

After 6 months my cache folder has grown to 78GB. Perhaps old transcoded files should be deleted?

[zpuskas]

I'm working on packaging this project for Gentoo. I'm considering adding a default cron job or systemd timer as a stop gap solution to delete old files form the cache until this is implemented in gonic itself.

Would deleting cached files cause problems for gonic or will it simply recreate them as needed?

[sentriz]

will it simple recreate them as needed?

:+1: deleting them will be just fine

[mazzz1y]

For a workaround with Docker, I implement the following solution:

version: "3"
services:
  gonic:
    image: sentriz/gonic:v0.15.2
    command: sh -c "while :; do sleep 3600; find /cache -type f -atime +90 -delete; done & gonic"
...

This approach is significantly simpler than installing cron or other methods that would require modifications to the original docker container.