Delete things in Network Recycle Bin older than X days?

[SlabbeDask]

Hello

The "Network Recycle Bin" feature is very nice. But when a NAS is used by many people, it's not always so easy to manage. I can of course empty it, but maybe somone else just deleted a file by mistake?

It would be very cool if we could set it to autodelete files that has been in the recycle bin for a while. The date of a file shown when I look in the recycle bin, is when the file was last modified. I'm not sure if it's possible to find out when it was deleted. If it is, it would be very nice to have some cleanup. For example, every day, permanently delete everything in the recycle bin that has been there for more than a week.

[fantomas]

yes, and unix' ctime is perfect for such files

[anjoze]

Yes, this is a VERY IMPORTANT feature.
Please update the FIND command!
The User Quota includes the Network Recycle Bin!! That is very bad because Users can't empty the Network Recycle Bin.

There is a lot of people installing the Optware package because of the find command. But there is a lot of problems trying to install that package too.

There is a detailed forum about this problem:
viewtopic.php?f=50&t=27823

Thanks
JA

[johnripper]

+1 for me!

[AssetBurned]

+1, having the network recycle bin is very useful but similar to bin's on local hard discs these folders should empty themselves after some time... or at least get rid of the old stuff.

[Trexx]

+1 for auto-empty of Network Recycle Bin after so many days.

[Fayez]

+1 for auto-empty of Network Recycle Bin after so many days.

+1

[sl1000]

+1

[Ignite]

That would indeed be useful

[dxb]

You need to something!

I've just recovered my TS-410. With disk Full i couldn't login in any way (ssh, nfs, web, smb etc).

The network recycle bin is a wonderfull features but need some options like:
- Delete files after XX days
- select wich directories needs it
- EMERGENCY: If the space id totally full, auto delete file during reboot with the biggest "WARNING MESSAGE" (and stop all the service in order resolve missing space).


PS. To solve the problem:
I did it in Windows with Putty:
- open windows shell "ping -f 192.168.0.10"
- hard restart the nas
- ready to lounch putty SSH session
- when your nas start responding at pings, try try and retry to start ssh session
- after login you just have some seconds to DELETE some files
- use "rm -rf /share/Qmultimedia/xxx/ (se rm documentation )"
!!!!!!!!!!!! chose the right folder or you will lose everything!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

After that i logged into the web interface and "empy recycle bin"

[ChiefORZ]

+1

/push

[schumaku]

Will become available soon with v3.6.3

[johnripper]

How do you know?

[pwilson]

Hello

The "Network Recycle Bin" feature is very nice. But when a NAS is used by many people, it's not always so easy to manage. I can of course empty it, but maybe somone else just deleted a file by mistake?

It would be very cool if we could set it to autodelete files that has been in the recycle bin for a while. The date of a file shown when I look in the recycle bin, is when the file was last modified. I'm not sure if it's possible to find out when it was deleted. If it is, it would be very nice to have some cleanup. For example, every day, permanently delete everything in the recycle bin that has been there for more than a week.

Simply ssh into the NAS and issue the following command as "admin":

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find -type f /share/MD0_DATA/Network\ Recycle\ Bin/* -mtime +7 -exec rm {} ;

Once you are satisfied that it works the way you want you can add it to the System "crontab" or "startup" scripts to run as often as desired. (The command above will delete files (whose "modify" time is) older than 7 days old. Adjust as necessary to get the desired effect). Test this command to ensure it does what you want, as you are explicitly telling it to delete your files.

To login to NAS usually requires using SSH protocol (Secure Shell protocol). If you're a Linux user, 'ssh' is probably already installed; If you are a Windows user, you'll need to provide your own. [Microsoft still does not provide an "ssh" client with Windows]. For those you that are looking for a Secure Shell Windows client you might want to take PuTTY for a spin. Here is a link: Download PuTTY.

[fantomas]

Yes, this is a VERY IMPORTANT feature.
Please update the FIND command!
The User Quota includes the Network Recycle Bin!! That is very bad because Users can't empty the Network Recycle Bin.

This is logical, because, although in recycle bin, the files are still available, accessible and take space on the filesystem. That's why they count to the quota. You have to delete them from recycle bin to free up the filesystem (and thus the quota).