Questions tagged [cache-directory]
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CacheFiles when the cached system is unmounted, or alternatives
In my current setup, I have two machines serverA and serverB in different geographical areas. serverA has a limited amount of persistent memory (~256GB), while serverB can be considered to have enough ...
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mandb generates all possible languages in /var/cache/man
In Debian 12, the following command is run weekly:
start-stop-daemon --start --pidfile /dev/null --startas /usr/bin/mandb --oknodo --chuid man -- --quiet
which generates man caches in /var/cache/man
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Are CACHEDIR.TAG and .nobackup evaluated differently?
What should we keep in mind when using CACHEDIR.TAG and .nobackup?
Are these synonyms, or should we expect that programs handle these differently?
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Anything-sync-daemon is not making backup snapshots
I have Anything-sync-daemon ("asd") installed and minimally configured according to this page:
Anything-sync-daemon - ArchWiki
Running asd p gives the following output:
Anything-sync-daemon v5.85 ...
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Is there a good reason to keep some files in $HOME/.cache when backing up?
I'm about to back up some parts of my filesystem, including my home directory. I'm looking at $HOME/.cache, and wondering what I should do with it. I know that it's safe to just delete it altogether, ...
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