DWWW-REFRESH-CACHE(8)

📦 version 1.16build1, in debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 dwww-refresh-cache(8) — the Debian manual page, but make it cute 💖

okay bestie, sit down, hydrate, because we're talking about dwww-refresh-cache from section 8 of the Debian manual. she's a lil shell script with a big job and honestly? she eats every single time. ✨

🌸 NAME 🌸

dwww-refresh-cache — rebuilds the dwww cache directory. that's it, that's the whole gig, and she does it flawlessly. 👑

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

dwww-refresh-cache

no flags, no args, no drama. she just goes. 💅

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

so dwww-refresh-cache is a simple shell script — like, genuinely simple, no overthinking — and what she does is delete outdated cache files and then rebuild the contents of the dwww cache directory, which lives at /var/cache/dwww. spring cleaning but make it cron. 🧹✨

and in a default installation, the script gets called from /etc/cron.daily/dwww, which means the cache gets refreshed every single day. daily glow-up, no cap. 🔥

💜 CONFIGURATION VARIABLES 💜

these are the lil knobs you can turn, and yes they all start with DWWW_ because branding:

  • DWWW_KEEPDAYS — tells her how many days documents that have not been accessed should be kept hanging around in the cache. default is 10 days. after that? she's moving on, bestie. 💀
  • DWWW_QUICKFIND_DB — the location of the installed packages and programs cache file, which gets generated with help from dwww-quickfind(8). default is /var/cache/dwww/quickfind.dat. 🗂️
  • DWWW_DOCBASE2PKG_DB — the location of the cache file that maps installed doc-base files to package names, and this one is used by dwww-build-menu(8). default is /var/cache/dwww/docbase2pkg.dat. 🔗

🌈 FILES 🌈

  • /etc/dwww/dwww.conf — the configuration file for dwww(7). her settings app, basically. ⚙️
  • /var/cache/dwww — the dwww cache directory. her whole world. 🏠
  • /etc/cron.daily/dwww. — the dwww daily cron job. the alarm clock that never snoozes. ⏰

👀 SEE ALSO 👀

dwww(7), dwww-build-menu(8), dwww-cache(8), dwww-find(8).

the whole friend group, iykyk. 🫶

✍️ AUTHOR ✍️

Robert Luberda.

and for copyrights and stuff, go check dwww(7). that's where all the legal sparkle lives. 📜✨

no cap, that's the whole page. short queen, complete queen. 💖

and that's a wrap, bestie! this lil icon is dwww 1.11.1, dated February 15th, 2009 — vintage but still serving. periodt. 💅🎀🌸

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