frm_purged(8)

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version 6.2.0 · 13 versions
, in epel 10, fedora 44

💖 frm_purged — the purge daemon, bestie edition 💖

okay so real quick before we get into it: this is a System Manager's Manual situation, section 8 (yes, the big-boss admin section, we love her). Pull up a chair, grab a strawberry 🍓, and let's talk about the daemon that deletes your files when the rules say so. No cap.

✨ NAME ✨

frm_purged — the File Residency Manager purge daemon 🧹💅

🌸 SYNOPSIS 🌸

frm_purged [options] [parameters]

🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So frm_purged is literally a daemon whose whole job — her entire main character arc — is to automatically remove disk resident files based on a set of local rules. That's it. That's the gig. She wakes up, checks the rules, yeets the files that need yeeting. Periodt.

She's part of the File Residency Manager software suite, so she's not out here alone, she's got a whole squad.

Want the usage synopsis (aka the quick lil "how do I even")? Just type:

frm_purged -h

And if you want the complete HTML documentation, the full tea, it lives right here:

https://xrootd.web.cern.ch/doc/dev50/frm_config.htm

go read it, it's giving thorough 👑

📝 NOTES 📝

Documentation for all the components associated with frm_purged (not just our girl, the whole ensemble cast) can be found at:

https://xrootd.org/docs.html

🩺 DIAGNOSTICS 🩺

  • Configuration errors yield an error message and a non-zero exit status. so if something's wrong with your config she WILL tell you, loudly, and bail with a nonzero code. no gaslighting here 💀
  • The program never exits upon success. like, ever. she's a daemon, she lives there now. she's moved in. she pays rent. 😭
  • So how do you stop her? Use the kill command, or:
/etc/init.d/frm_purged stop
⚠️ fr fr, she will not politely exit on her own once she's vibing successfully. you gotta send her off manually. that's just how she is.

⚖️ LICENSE ⚖️

Want the license terms? Type:

xrootd -H

and they shall be displayed, bestie. iconic behavior tbh 🌈

🫶 SUPPORT LEVEL 🫶

The frm_purged daemon is supported by the xrootd collaboration — she's got people, she's protected. 👑

Contact information can be found at:

https://xrootd.org/contact.html

okay that's the whole page!! loved this for us. stay hydrated, back up your files (or don't, if that's the whole point, iykyk), and reminder that this gorgeous specimen of a manpage is v6.2.0 of the System Manager's Manual — she's from the xrootd source tree, filed under section 8 (frm_purged(8)), and she ate. absolutely no crumbs. 💜✨🎀

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