Files in /var/spool/cups

[Russ]

Thanks for the reply. I will do as you recommended. I will also look at
creating a job to maintain these files.
"Helge Blischke" <H.Blischke at srz-berlin.de> wrote in message
news:4110E2EE.4EE3 at srz-berlin.de...
> Russbucket wrote:
> >
> > I am trying to clean up my disk space and have not used Linux for long.
In
> > the /var/spool/cups directory the are numerous files with names like
c00014
> > and a tmp directory with files like 404f81f6123dd. Can these file be
> > deleted? Is there a way from the localhost admin to clear them?
> > --
> > Russ
>
> Stop cupsd and delete those files.
> The cxxxxx files are the "control files" which contain the
> job attributes, the files under the tmp subdirectory are
> temporary files created by filters and/or backends.
>
> Helge
>
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