Re: huge temporary files
Re: huge temporary files
- Subject: Re: huge temporary files
- From: William Bumgarner <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2006 08:26:36 -0700
On Apr 21, 2006, at 2:28 PM, Andy Lee wrote:
On Apr 21, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Falko A. wrote:
Where does xCode usually create "temporary" files like those?
I don't know, but if Xcode created them under /tmp, then when you
rebooted they would have gotten moved to the Trash, under
"Recovered Files" or something like that.
That is incorrect. Everything in /tmp/ is directly deleted on
reboot; no option for recovery. A cron task will run every night
and delete any files in /tmp/ that haven't been touched in 3 days
(this has caused hell any number of times in various bits of software
that can't deal with their cache being removed out from under them).
As Chris mentioned, Xcode caches rather huge PCH files in /Library/
Caches/. If your machine is configured to offer cycles for
distributed builds, DistCC will also cache PCH files for other users
in /tmp/.
I often toss Finder into list mode w/show sizes turned on. You can
dive into /tmp/ in this mode by bringing up a Finder window, typing
shift-cmd-G, and entering /tmp/.
b.bum
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