The only problem is when I do tell it to run the janitor it still does not run and it just keeps coming back and the folder remains.
I think Laszlo mentioned maybe a permissions or some other issue previously. Where in the code base is this activity? Eric Bresie ebre...@gmail.com On Wed, Dec 14, 2022 at 1:10 PM Michael Bien <mbie...@gmail.com> wrote: > a flag per user dir or in general? Since you can uncheck "Run Janitor on > Startup" in the options to truly not be asked again unless you run it > manually :) > > its probably better to turn it off if you use a setup with multiple user > dirs for testing or other purposes (I have it off too). > > a per user dir flag would be essentially an ignore list which needs to > be exposed to the user somehow, e.g. via the options, so that it can be > reset etc - since its an edge case and there is a workaround for us, I > am not sure if its worth the trouble tbh. > > -mbien > > On 14.12.22 19:31, Tim Boudreau wrote: > > Since I keep two user dirs and cache dirs on purpose (because projects > that > > use jigsaw that depend on libraries that use Automatic-Module-Name on > their > > manifest get broken in the editor if you ever open the non-modular > project > > in the IDE), it could really use a “Don’t ask this again” checkbox. > > > > -Tim > > > > On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 10:39 AM Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I went ahead and created the following > >> https://github.com/apache/netbeans/issues/5069 > >> > >> Eric Bresie > >> ebre...@gmail.com > >> > >> > >> On Sun, Dec 11, 2022 at 9:17 AM Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> Hey Laszlo, did any updates around the orphaned "cache" get made? I > see > >>> it showing up again in NB 16 so assume note. > >>> > >>> Should I create an issue on this? > >>> > >>> Eric Bresie > >>> ebre...@gmail.com > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mon, Jul 4, 2022 at 10:13 AM Eric Bresie <ebre...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>>> So then a manual workaround is to change the permissions on > >>>> %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Netbeans\Cache to be not just read only > and > >>>> then running it should fix it then? > >>>> > >>>> I like the idea of the enhancements...are further follow-up > enhancements > >>>> in work? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> Eric Bresie > >>>> ebre...@gmail.com > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Fri, Jul 1, 2022 at 9:02 AM Laszlo Kishalmi < > >> laszlo.kisha...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi Eric, > >>>>> > >>>>> That was my "enhancement" for NB-14. The janitor module would detect > >>>>> abandoned cache directories. > >>>>> > >>>>> Usually there is an <userdir parent>/netbeans-14 and <cachedir > >>>>> parent>/netbeans-14. When the janitor encounters a directory in > >>>>> <cachedir parent> which has no pair in <userdir parent> then it would > >>>>> think, that cache dir is abandoned and would offer it for removal. > >>>>> > >>>>> My primary intent was to clean up the leftover cache directories when > >>>>> using the Snap distribution. > >>>>> > >>>>> On 7/1/22 06:35, Eric Bresie wrote: > >>>>>> Has anyone else had this problem? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> I've a number of versions (13 and 14) of Netbeans installed/used > >> with a > >>>>>> bunch of older versions since removed (i.e. 12.x and a mixture of rc > >>>>> for > >>>>>> these). When I startup I keep getting notifications that "Netbeans > >>>>> xx.xx > >>>>>> was last used xx days ago" with a "Remove unused data and cache > >>>>> directories > >>>>>> of xxx Free up xxx MB of space." Sounds great so clicking on this > >> goes > >>>>>> away. However, a little later, restart Netbeans and the same > >>>>> notifications > >>>>>> show up even after clicking the remove link. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Eric Bresie > >>>>>> ebre...@gmail.com > >>>>>> > >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >>>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > >>>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > >>>>> > >>>>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.apache.org > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
