Anything like old SGI dmfsmon nowadays? Auto-delete based on rules ...

daboochmeister · 01-15-2013, 09:27 AM

SGI used to have a daemon called dmfsmon that would monitor directories and auto-delete files based on rules you could establish (high/low water marks for space available, what files to target, etc.).

Is there anything like that generally available for Linux?

I know it's easy to script out a particular solution, but a general facility makes more sense.

thx!

kbp · 01-15-2013, 09:55 PM

The only thing similar I can think of would be tmpwatch .. but it's not an exact fit.

jpollard · 01-16-2013, 06:29 AM

That was part of the data migration facility. And no, there is no specific service for that.

The problem is that dmfsmon would only delete if there were a backup of the file that could be restored on demand.

Otherwise, the file deleted could just be an important one that just doesn't get used everyday.