NAME

naturalselection - keep cache directories below a specified threshold

SYNOPSIS

naturalselection.py [options] cacheDirectory

DESCRIPTION

Cache directory manager. Deletes cache entries based on accesstime and free space thresholds. This utility is distributed alongside SabreDAV.

OPTIONS

--version

show program's version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-s

Don't actually make changes, but just simulate the behaviour

-r RUNS, --runs=RUNS

How many times to check before exiting. -1 is infinite, which is the default

-n SLEEP, --interval=SLEEP

Sleep time in seconds (default = 5)

-l THRESHOLD, --threshold=THRESHOLD

Threshold in bytes (default = 10737418240, which is 10GB)

-m MIN_ERASE, --min-erase=MIN_ERASE

Minimum number of bytes to erase when the threshold is reached. Setting this option higher will reduce the amount of times the cache directory will need to be scanned. (the default is 1073741824, which is 1GB.)