Hi!
Is there anyway to automatically clear/delete old folders from the tmp/assets directory ? I was wondering if there was any option in LimeSurvey 2.55 which will allow me to schedule the removal of old folders from the tmp/assets.

Thanks.

I have asked for a button to do that but the request was flatly denied - www.limesurvey.org/forum/can-i-do-this-w...r-tmp-folders#157696

Thanks for answering!
That button would be really useful in my opinion although I get his point.

ArthurOne wrote: Hi!
Is there anyway to automatically clear/delete old folders from the tmp/assets directory ? I was wondering if there was any option in LimeSurvey 2.55 which will allow me to schedule the removal of old folders from the tmp/assets.

Thanks.

A PHP application is launched only when you call it (url or command line). It's not a deamon that runs all the time and that can perform an operation at a given date.

So any scheduled application related to a server maintenance (like deleting files in logs or temporary folders) should be done with the server cron jobs. Example for Ubuntu:
help.ubuntu.com/community/CronHowto

Another way to do could be to configure LimeSurvey so it uses the server tmp directory which is cleaned at every reboot. This setting can be overridden inside config.php:
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/ma...ig-defaults.php#L638
(the LS subfolder in the tmp directory should be then reachable from Internet)

TPartner is speaking about a button to "refresh" the assets (to change the random string of the asset folder name, so it forces browsers to refresh its cache), it's pretty different.

LouisGac wrote: …

Another way to do could be to configure LimeSurvey so it uses the server tmp directory which is cleaned at every reboot. This setting can be overridden inside config.php:
github.com/LimeSurvey/LimeSurvey/blob/ma...ig-defaults.php#L638
(the LS subfolder in the tmp directory should be then reachable from Internet)
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/tmp/ is rarely accessible via web access (and fortunately in general …).

I think /tmp can be used for runtimePath but not for assets .

LouisGac wrote: Another way to do could be to configure LimeSurvey so it uses the server tmp directory which is cleaned at every reboot. [..] (the LS subfolder in the tmp directory should be then reachable from Internet)

tmp isn't always cleaned at every reboot. That depends on many settings. If tmp is pointing to a ram disk, a reboot cleans tmp. But if tmp is on a harddisk, tmp isn't always cleared via a reboot. Depending on the OS there are many different behaviors.

And placing LS assets in a subdirectory in the serverwide tmp directory seems to be a way to get more issues. Hopefully it is not the case on the SaaS offers by LS GmbH