Files in /var/spool/cups

[Helge Blischke]

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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