:prowler: [UNIX] n. A {daemon} that is run periodically (typically
once a week) to seek out and erase {core} files, truncate
administrative logfiles, nuke `lost+found' directories, and
otherwise clean up the {cruft} that tends to pile up in the
corners of a file system. See also {GFR}, {reaper},
{skulker}.
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once a week) to seek out and erase {core} files, truncate
administrative logfiles, nuke `lost+found' directories, and
otherwise clean up the {cruft} that tends to pile up in the
corners of a file system. See also {GFR}, {reaper},
{skulker}.
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Related:
- prowler n.
[Unix] A daemon that is run
periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase
core files,
truncate administrative logfiles, nuke lost+found... - reaper: n. A {prowler} that {GFR}s files. A file removed in
this way is said to have been `reaped'.
The AI Hackers... - GFR: /G-F-R/ vt. [ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and LISP
Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage... - skulker: n. Syn. {prowler}.
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The AI Hackers... - rc file: /R-C fi:l/ [UNIX: from the startup script
`/etc/rc',
but this is commonly believed to have been named ... - nuke: /n[y]ook/ vt. 1. To intentionally delete the entire
contents of a given directory or storage volume.
"On UNIX, `rm -r /usr' will nuke everything in the... - GC: /G-C/ [from LISP terminology; `Garbage Collect']
1.
vt. To clean up and throw away useless things. "I... - GFR /G-F-R/ vt.
[ITS: from `Grim File Reaper', an ITS and
LISP Machine utility] To remove a file or files according to some
program-automated or semi-automatic manual procedure,
especially one designed to reclaim mass storage... - rc file /R-C fi:l/ n.
[Unix: from `runcom files' on
the CTSS system 1962-63,
via the startup script /etc/rc] Script file containing...
