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schnappi

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Registered: 2018-04-16

Posts: 17

Thumbnail cache automatically managed/ cleaned?

Is the thumbnail cache automatically managed/ cleaned or should something like this be run to clean the thumbnail cache:

find /home/USER/.cache/thumbnails/normal/*.png -mtime +365 -exec rm {} \; && find /home/USER/.cache/thumbnails/large/*.png -mtime +365 -exec rm {} \;

ToZ

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From: Canada

Registered: 2011-06-02

Posts: 10,998

Re: Thumbnail cache automatically managed/ cleaned?

It would appear, that if you delete the file from within thunar, the associated thumbnail file is also removed. However, if you delete from the command-line or another file manager, it is not.

So it might be a good idea to prune the cache like that if you don't want old thumbnail files. Keep in mind though, that you might remove valid thumbnail files, though they will be created as needed.

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