Option to auto remove unused cache items after X days...

[TsunamiZ]

Please add an option to auto remove unused cache items after X number of days [similar to how web cache is handled by web browsers]. This will make cache maintenance a lot easier. Thanks.

[Tommy]

and it will save a lot of drive space

[Clo]

Hello !

• I support this proposal!
- I guess it might be configurable at the days amount.
- To avoid Options pages as so full as eggs, it could be simply an INI entry, since we have not any need to change it very often, something like :

ClearChacheEach = Flag

where "Flag" is the period between the purges in days …

Kind regards,
Claude
Clo

[TsunamiZ]

It's would be nice to have the numbers of days input field in the cache category.

[Clo]

Yes, this is quite conceivable too and should be handy, but needs to add some stuff (a few, most certainly) to the programme, and then into N… language-DLLs, causing an extra-job to Pierre who is already overworked…

KR
Claude
Clo

[Olivier_G]

You should be able to specify: Remove Cache unused after X days and Limit Cache to Y MB (based on last use and frequency...).

Those options should appear directly in the Options 'Cache' window.

Olivier

[ckit]

I support this request.

[TsunamiZ]

You should be able to specify: Remove Cache unused after X days and Limit Cache to Y MB (based on last use and frequency...).

Those options should appear directly in the Options 'Cache' window.

Olivier

Yes, forgot to mention the cache size limit. But it should also allow unlimited cache size [when set to 0], so it won't interfere with amount of cached items in x days for some people.

[Clo]

—> Olivier_G
Hello !

Those options should appear directly in the Options 'Cache' window.

<½Joke>This is part of GUI, so I agree if you go to help Pierre for the whole series of language-DLLs to update… Not too far for you, just 150 km </½joke>

KR
Claude
Clo

[Xyzzy]

You should be able to specify: Remove Cache unused after X days and Limit Cache to Y MB (based on last use and frequency...).

And how should they cooperate? Most restrictive first? Least restrictive first? Selectable? One with set value supersedes the other set to 0?

X.

[Danny]

You should be able to specify: Remove Cache unused after X days and Limit Cache to Y MB (based on last use and frequency...).

Those options should appear directly in the Options 'Cache' window.

Olivier

I like the 'Limit Cache to y MB' idea. I do not like the threadstarter's idea. Why throw out thumbnails simply because they've been created a long time ago? Doesn't make sense to me.

[Olivier_G]

And how should they cooperate? Most restrictive first? Least restrictive first? Selectable? One with set value supersedes the other set to 0?

I was thinking about the most restrictive one only (it should at least be the default behaviour, otherwise people may not understand why their last setting is not applied) and 0=unlimited being superseded by the other setting.

It could also be something like this, if you want more flexibility:

Code: Select all

Remove from Cache: when unused after [X] days  - [ OR|v] - to limit Cache to [Y] MB
                                                 [AND| ]
                                             (dropdown list)

Olivier
PS1: I believe some people are more confortable with "I'm not going to check that often files older than 2 weeks, because it's the way I work..." rather than "367MB is my limit today"... -> therefore both settings seems useful.
PS2: Limiting Cache to [Y] MB may be tricky: which files to remove? Consider last access? How often? Filesize? Filetype?...

[TsunamiZ]

You should be able to specify: Remove Cache unused after X days and Limit Cache to Y MB (based on last use and frequency...).

Those options should appear directly in the Options 'Cache' window.

Olivier

I like the 'Limit Cache to y MB' idea. I do not like the threadstarter's idea. Why throw out thumbnails simply because they've been created a long time ago? Doesn't make sense to me.

And limiting to cache size can be a bad idea. Imagine some of your recent cache items being thrown out because you reached your cache size limit too soon.

[TsunamiZ]

PS2: Limiting Cache to [Y] MB may be tricky: which files to remove? Consider last access? How often? Filesize? Filetype?...

Remove oldest cached items first.

[helmut]

A large cache can be a nuisance due to its size. And access to it might be even slower (not necessarily).

I like the idea of setting a cache limit and kicking out oldest entries from cache.

A limitation with date would be the deluxe version, but it will make things more complicated than actually needed. So I'd prefer the normal version (without maximum period for old entries).