Shell Script To Clean Lighttpd Web Server Cache

This shell script will clean lighttpd web server cache. You need to run this script via a cron job. Download install script at /etc/cron.daily directory.

#!/bin/bash
# Shell script to clean web server cache stored at /var/www/cache/ directory.
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# Cache dir path
CROOT="/var/www/cachelighttpd/"
 
#Deleting files older than 10 days
DAYS=10
 
# Lighttpd user and group
LUSER="lighttpd"
LGROUP="lighttpd"
 
# start cleaning
find ${CROOT} -type f -mtime +${DAYS} | xargs -r /bin/rm
 
# if directory missing just recreate it
if [ ! -d $CROOT ]
then
	mkdir -p $CROOT
	chown ${LUSER}:${LGROUP} ${CROOT}
fi

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