Hi, 5.3.6-12 has already updated crontab file without xargs.
Ondřej Surý On 20.6.2011, at 10:34, Martin Meredith <m...@debian.org> wrote: > Package: php5 > Version: 5.3.6-12 > > I've had a problem where somehow, I've managed to end up with approximately > 1,000,000 session files on my server. > > Due to the large amount of files, the current crontab to clear them was > unable to deal with it (xargs would fail to take in the HUGE list of files). > > It seems that rather than using xargs (even with the limit), that using the > -exec option of find might be a little bit more sane? > > > 09,39 * * * * root [ -x /usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime ] && [ -d > /var/lib/php5 ] && find /var/lib/php5/ -type f -cmin > +$(/usr/lib/php5/maxlifetime) -exec rm {} \;; > > Is what I currently have in my cron script to work around this issue. > > > > _______________________________________________ > pkg-php-maint mailing list > pkg-php-ma...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pkg-php-maint -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org