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--- tips:maintenance [2019-02-18 12:51] – See also the plugins... Michaelsy
+++ tips:maintenance [2022-09-28 22:54] – [Keeping Playground Clean] Remove -p from example commands; -p causes the pages to not refresh since the timestamp remains the same 2601:543:4001:9fa0:403e:b893:5604:64ce
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 Here are some tips to automate some of the day-to-day maintenance needed or recommended for DokuWiki.
-See also the plugins: [[doku>plugin:cleanup|cleanup]] and [[doku>plugin:clearhistory|clearhistory]]
+See also the plugins: [[plugin:cleanup|cleanup]] and [[plugin:clearhistory|clearhistory]]
 ===== Keep Blacklist up to date =====
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 ===== Automatic cleanup script =====
-It is recommended to set up some cleanup process for busy DokuWikis. The following [[wp>Bash (Unix shell)]] shell script serves as an example. It deletes old revisions from the [[:attic]], removes stale lock files and empty directories, and it cleans up the [[:caching|cache]]((For a discussion of cache maintenance see also the [[http://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/22265|forum discussion]].)).
+It is recommended to set up some cleanup process for busy DokuWikis. The following [[wp>Bash (Unix shell)]] shell script serves as an example. It deletes old revisions from the [[:attic]], removes stale lock files and empty directories, and it cleans up the [[:caching|cache]]((For a discussion of cache maintenance see also the [[https://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/22265|forum discussion]].)).
 <file bash cleanup.sh>
 #!/bin/bash
-function cleanup()
+cleanup()
 {
     local data_path="$1"        # full path to data directory of wiki
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     # purge files older than ${retention_days} days from attic and media_attic (old revisions)
-    find "${data_path}"/{media_,}attic/ -type f -mtime +${retention_days} -delete
+    find "${data_path}"/{media_,}attic/ -type f -not -name _dummy -mtime +${retention_days} -delete
     # remove stale lock files (files which are 1-2 days old)
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     if [ -e "${data_path}"/cache/?/ ]
     then
-        find "${data_path}"/cache/?/ -type f -mtime +${retention_days} -delete
+        find "${data_path}"/cache/?/ -type f -not -name _dummy -mtime +${retention_days} -delete
     fi
 }
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 ==== Windows -- batch script ====
 This is another Windows command shell script for maintaining your dokuwiki base on a Windows environment.
 The script uses the free and open source utility find, which can be obtained via [[http://gnuwin32.sourceforge.net/]]
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 Example: Restore Playground every 30 min:
-,30 * * * * cp -pf /path/to/savedwiki/data/pages/playground/playground.txt /path/to/dokuwiki/data/pages/playground/
+,30 * * * * cp -f /path/to/savedwiki/data/pages/playground/playground.txt /path/to/dokuwiki/data/pages/playground/
 Example: Restore all pages in [[:namespace]] "wiki" every 30 min:
-,30 * * * * cp -rpf /path/to/savedwiki/data/pages/wiki/ /path/to/dokuwiki/data/pages/wiki/
+,30 * * * * cp -rf /path/to/savedwiki/data/pages/wiki/ /path/to/dokuwiki/data/pages/wiki/
 ==== Problems with CAPTCHA plugin ====
 Using the CAPTCHA plugin and the recommended [[tips:maintenance#keeping_playground_clean|maintenance method]] to keep the playground clean, can result in the effect of being unable to edit the playground.
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 Example: Deletes Playground metafiles every 30 min:
 ,30 * * * * rm -f /path/to/dokuwiki/data/meta/playground/playground.*
 ===== When cronjob is not available =====
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-Could someone add the appropriate line for [[http://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/22265|cache maintenance]] to the Windows waRmZip script?
+Could someone add the appropriate line for [[https://forum.dokuwiki.org/post/22265|cache maintenance]] to the Windows waRmZip script?
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 Does the [[plugin:cleanup|cleanup Plugin]] handle all the above tasks? Would it be recommended over running these scripts?