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>Subject: Slow SIMS, deleting Logs
>Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:20:20 -0700
>From: Thomas Tempelmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>After a few months, SIMS always gets awfully slow, making the
>entire machine slow. I found that it's because there's too many
>log files in one folder, which apparently slows down access to
>the folder.
>
>I wonder if there is an easy way to keep the logs to a few
>dozen at any time? E.g, has someone made an AppleScript that
>periodically scans the folder and removes old ones? If so,
>could you direct me to it, or just send it to me?
>
>Thomas
Thomas,
Here is a script I have been using for a couple years. You should be
able to just paste it into a script editor window and save as an
application, never show startup screen and stay open should be
checked. The script should run every 86400 seconds but there seems
to be a bug in some versions of AS that make it run every 30 seconds.
The script is commented to tell you what it all does.
Let me know if it works for you. It may need an OSAX, but I don't
think so. If it does I can try to figure out which one and send it
to you privately.
-- Wrap the whole thing in an on idle handler so it gets run periodically
on idle
--Bring the script to the front so it runs faster
activate
--Define the variables
set simslogs to (path to system folder as string) & "SIMS folder:Logs"
--Change the following value to control number of logs saved
set numtosave to 10
--How often the script should run
set interval to 86400
set filelist to list folder simslogs
set numlogfiles to count of filelist
--Check to see if we have any old files to delete and then delete them
if numlogfiles > numtosave then
set i to numlogfiles
repeat with name in filelist
if i > numtosave then
set filename to simslogs & ":" & name
deleteFile filename
end if
set i to i - 1
end repeat
end if
--Bring the Finder to the front. You might want to change the value
--of this statement to pop another program to the front
tell application "Finder" to activate
end idle
Good Luck,
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