Thumbnail directory size

[orrinsam]

Using OpenSuse 11.3
I noticed that the thumbnail directory (.thumbnails ) has grown to over 1 gig.
Is there a system setting to limit the size?
Can files in that directory (and subdirectories) be safely deleted manually?

[robin_listas]

On 2011-06-16 20:36, orrinsam wrote:
> Can files in that directory (and subdirectories) be safely deleted
> manually?

AFAIK, yes.

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Cheers / Saludos,

Carlos E. R.
(from 11.4 x86_64 “Celadon” at Telcontar)

[gropiuskalle]

It can definitely be deleted manually with no risk, but I have not heard about limiting the size of ~/.thumbnails in a convenient way. It’s probably not too easy as it is used by many applications, different desktop environments etc. One thing I know is: you can set Gwenview to empty ~/.thumbnails when quitting it.

[malcolmlewis]

Hi
If it’s gnome, fire up gconf-editor and search on thumbnail_cache here you can set the age and size

[orrinsam]

@gropiuskalle

It can definitely be deleted manually with no risk, but I have not heard about limiting the size of ~/.thumbnails in a convenient way. It’s probably not too easy as it is used by many applications, different desktop environments etc. One thing I know is: you can set Gwenview to empty ~/.thumbnails when quitting it.

Thankyou… the Gwenview option is the best for me because if dumps the entire thumbnail directory, no matter what program put it there.