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a 1-line DIY "LRU cache" GC for nix flat-file build caches
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| # assuming that the flat-file build cache is targeted like: `nix copy --all --to file:///srv/review-apps/buildcache` | |
| # 1. Delete nar/*.nar.xz with old atime: | |
| ls -la /srv/review-apps/buildcache/nar | |
| | where accessed < ((date now) - 1wk) | |
| | sort-by accessed | |
| | each { |narxz| | |
| print $"($narxz.accessed) .. ($narxz.name)"; | |
| try { | |
| print $"rm ($narxz.name)" | |
| rm $narxz.name | |
| } catch { |e| | |
| print $">>> delete xz failed: ($e | to nuon)" | |
| } | |
| } | |
| # 2. Cleanup affected narinfos: | |
| ls -la /srv/review-apps/buildcache/*.narinfo | |
| | par-each -t 4 { |narinfo| | |
| mut xz = {} | |
| try { | |
| $xz = open $narinfo.name | parse "{key}: {value}" | each {|kv| {$kv.key: $kv.value}} | into record; | |
| } catch { |e| | |
| print $"not a narinfo? ($narinfo.name) ($e | to nuon)" | |
| return | |
| } | |
| if (echo $"/srv/review-apps/buildcache/($xz.URL)" | path exists) { | |
| print $"OK: ($narinfo.name)" | |
| } else { | |
| print $"missing URL for: ($narinfo.name) [($xz.URL)]"; | |
| rm $narinfo.name | |
| } | |
| } |
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