NAME

fmgc - a program to garbage collect a users ~/.fm directory hierarchy

SYNOPSIS

fmgc [ -l limit ] [ -u username ] [ -v ] [ -V ] [ -? ] [ directory . . .]

DESCRIPTION

fmgc is a program to garbage collect a users ~/.fm directory hierarchy. This hierarchy of files is created by the filemgr program to store information on directories visited by the user (including the position of each file icon if the user moves a file). It is possible that over time, the size of this file hierarchy could grow considerably. This program is used to help the user maintain this. It will remove directory information relating to the oldest used directories until a limit is reached.

It uses information stored in the users ~/.desksetdefaults file to generate a list of directories to be excluded from this pruning. This list will contain the directories for the users saved window positions plus any directories on the users goto list. It is also possible to include additional directories on the fmgc command line.

OPTIONS

-l limit This is the limit (in bytes) for the garbage collection. fmgc will continue to prune

the ~/.fm hierarchy until this limit is reached. If not given, then the limit is set to 1.5 megabytes.

-u username

The name of the user that will have their ~/.fm directory hierarchy garbage collected. If not given, then fmgc will use the programs effective uid.

-v

This will display the current version number of fmgc.

-V

Be verbose. Output messages stating what's happening.

-?

This will display a list of command line options which can be passed to fmgc.

SEE ALSO

filemgr(1),

FILES

$HOME/.fm

This directory contains directory state, icon positional and file status information saved by the filemgr program.

$HOME/.desksetdefaults

This file contains the state of the DeskSet tools in X resource format. fmgc reads various X resources pertaining to the filemgr program from this file.