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Bug 656131 - Please tag ~/.thumbnails using CACHEDIR.TAG
Please tag ~/.thumbnails using CACHEDIR.TAG
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: nautilus
Classification: Core
Component: Thumbnails
2.30.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Nautilus Maintainers
Nautilus Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2011-08-08 02:55 UTC by Josh Triplett
Modified: 2012-07-21 00:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: ---


Description Josh Triplett 2011-08-08 02:55:58 UTC 
Various backup utilities can automatically exclude cache directories if
tagged via the "Cache Directory Tagging" standard
(http://www.brynosaurus.com/cachedir/).  Doing so requires creating a
file CACHEDIR.TAG in the cache directory (~/.thumbnails), containing
the contents "Signature: 8a477f597d28d172789f06886806bc55".  Please
consider implementing this standard by creating this file, so that
backup software can automatically exclude the thumbnail cache.
Comment 1 André Klapper 2011-08-10 11:16:49 UTC 
(Setting the Version field when reporting is very welcome.)
Comment 2 Josh Triplett 2011-08-10 17:45:38 UTC 
(In reply to comment #1)
> (Setting the Version field when reporting is very welcome.)

OK, setting to 2.30.x since I have 2.30.1 on my system, but I suspect current git master doesn't do this either. :)
Comment 3 William Jon McCann 2012-07-20 23:16:58 UTC 
Master stores thumbnails in the XDG Cache dir. I suspect this is probably good enough?
Comment 4 Josh Triplett 2012-07-21 00:34:36 UTC 
(In reply to comment #3)
> Master stores thumbnails in the XDG Cache dir. I suspect this is probably good
> enough?

That works, yes.  Something really ought to put a CACHEDIR.TAG file in the XDG cache dir, but that doesn't seem like the thumbnailer's job.

Closing this bug.