What Files can i remove

jwashburn

Joined: 2006-05-24
Posts: 5

Posted: Wed, 2006-05-24 16:22

What files can I remove from my installation. The install is taking up a large amount of my allowed hosting space. Especially under the modules directory. Can I safely remove things like /modules/core/po or modules/core/locale? I only need english. How about the install directory? I shouldnt need that again. I could always re add it. What about the modules I dont plan on using like Nokia.

Thanks

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mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
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Posted: Thu, 2006-05-25 03:30

you can remove all the things you mention.
- all po dirs can be removed, not used when G2 is running (only to build locale dirs)
- you can remove locale/* dirs for any languages you aren't using.. if using only english, you can remove locale entirely
- you can remove the install dir after install
- you can remove the module/* or themes/* dir for any module/theme that you don't need AND is not currently install in your G2 (don't remove any dir for any inactive plugin.. make sure to uninstall completely)
- you can remove lib/tools if you have it

ssk

Joined: 2005-07-15
Posts: 37

Posted: Fri, 2006-09-08 04:07

Hmm, I'd like to delete uneeded files too because my provider says that I have too many files.

Would it be possible for someone who knows PHP to make a script (or help me make one) that iterates through the directory tree and removes all /po and /locale folders?

Pseudo code:
Loop through directories [
If folder name /po or /locale
Delete
]

ssk

Joined: 2005-07-15
Posts: 37

Posted: Fri, 2006-09-08 06:15

Update:
I have been working on a script. Everything (i.e. searching and isolating po and locale dirs) works except removing directory part. I know rmdir() doesn't work on non-empty directories so I'm using the purge() function from http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/File-And-Directory-Manipulation-In-PHP-part-2/9/

I'm guessing it's a permissions problem because I get:
Warning: unlink(/home/acc_name/public_html/gallery2/modules/albumselect/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/modules_albumselect.mo): Permission denied in /home/acc_name/public_html/gallery2/diriter.php on line 69

But getmyuid() in diriter.php and UID of files I want to remove is the same. I am not able to chmod(), I get: Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /home...

Anyone have any suggestions?

mindless

Joined: 2004-01-04
Posts: 8601

Posted: Fri, 2006-09-08 20:49

rm -r */po */*/po */locale */*/locale

ssk

Joined: 2005-07-15
Posts: 37

Posted: Sun, 2006-09-10 20:01

Thanks, that's very short and pretty.

I don't have ssh access, so I tried that command using PHP's shell_exec but nothing happens. I did ls -l, which showed that my username is the owner of those files. whoami or id -un didn't return anything, so I couldn't verify which user the script is running under.

Got any ideas? Thanks.

jwashburn Joined: 2006-05-24 Posts: 5	Posted: Wed, 2006-05-24 16:22
	What files can I remove from my installation. The install is taking up a large amount of my allowed hosting space. Especially under the modules directory. Can I safely remove things like /modules/core/po or modules/core/locale? I only need english. How about the install directory? I shouldnt need that again. I could always re add it. What about the modules I dont plan on using like Nokia. Thanks Gallery version = 2.1.1 core 1.1.0.1 PHP version = 4.3.11 apache Webserver = Apache/1.3.33 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 PHP/4.3.11 FrontPage/5.0.2.2634a mod_ssl/2.8.22 OpenSSL/0.9.7a Database = mysql 4.0.25-standard, lock.system=flock Toolkits = ArchiveUpload, Exif, Getid3, Thumbnail, Gd Acceleration = none, none Operating system = Linux
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mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Thu, 2006-05-25 03:30
	you can remove all the things you mention. - all po dirs can be removed, not used when G2 is running (only to build locale dirs) - you can remove locale/* dirs for any languages you aren't using.. if using only english, you can remove locale entirely - you can remove the install dir after install - you can remove the module/* or themes/* dir for any module/theme that you don't need AND is not currently install in your G2 (don't remove any dir for any inactive plugin.. make sure to uninstall completely) - you can remove lib/tools if you have it

ssk Joined: 2005-07-15 Posts: 37	Posted: Fri, 2006-09-08 04:07
	Hmm, I'd like to delete uneeded files too because my provider says that I have too many files. Would it be possible for someone who knows PHP to make a script (or help me make one) that iterates through the directory tree and removes all /po and /locale folders? Pseudo code: Loop through directories [ If folder name /po or /locale Delete ]

ssk Joined: 2005-07-15 Posts: 37	Posted: Fri, 2006-09-08 06:15
	Update: I have been working on a script. Everything (i.e. searching and isolating po and locale dirs) works except removing directory part. I know rmdir() doesn't work on non-empty directories so I'm using the purge() function from http://www.devshed.com/c/a/PHP/File-And-Directory-Manipulation-In-PHP-part-2/9/ I'm guessing it's a permissions problem because I get: Warning: unlink(/home/acc_name/public_html/gallery2/modules/albumselect/locale/af/LC_MESSAGES/modules_albumselect.mo): Permission denied in /home/acc_name/public_html/gallery2/diriter.php on line 69 But getmyuid() in diriter.php and UID of files I want to remove is the same. I am not able to chmod(), I get: Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /home... Anyone have any suggestions?

mindless Joined: 2004-01-04 Posts: 8601	Posted: Fri, 2006-09-08 20:49
	rm -r /po //po /locale //locale

ssk Joined: 2005-07-15 Posts: 37	Posted: Sun, 2006-09-10 20:01
	Thanks, that's very short and pretty. I don't have ssh access, so I tried that command using PHP's shell_exec but nothing happens. I did ls -l, which showed that my username is the owner of those files. whoami or id -un didn't return anything, so I couldn't verify which user the script is running under. Got any ideas? Thanks.

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