Ruby script to clean up all the log and temp files in your rails projects.

cleanup_rails_projects.rb

# Running this file will clean up all of the temp files in your rails projects
# Instructions:
#   1. Save the file wherever you want
#   2. Replace the RAILS_PATH with the path to your rails projects
#   3. Run `ruby this_file_name.rb`
#
RAILS_PATH = '/replace/with/your/path/to/rails/projects'

require 'rake'


# Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes
#   Pulled from `rake log:clear`
def clear_log_files
  FileList["log/*.log"].each do |file|
    f = File.open(file, "w")
    f.close
  end
end

# Clear cache and socket files from tmp/
#   Pulled from `rake tmp:clear`
def clear_cache
  FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir['tmp/cache/[^.]*'])   # Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache
  FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sockets/[^.]*'])    # Clears all files in tmp/sockets
end

Dir.new(RAILS_PATH).each do |dir|
  next if dir.match(/^\./)    # Skip any file that starts with a .

  full_path = "#{RAILS_PATH}/#{dir}"
  puts "#{dir}"

  Dir.chdir(full_path){
    # puts %x[rake tmp:clear log:clear]
    clear_log_files
    clear_cache
  }
end

puts "All done. Calculating new file sizes..."
Dir.chdir(RAILS_PATH){
  puts %x[du -sh *]
}

Hi,

This script falls over for the file config.ru that I have top-level.
I'm not sure if it would also fall over for the file rubocop.yml that is also in the main project folder.
Is there an issue with the regex to match files that start with .?

Also, is require 'rake' still needed since the rake calls seem to be commented out.

Thanks