Can I delete the log and zap files? They are taking a huge amount of space on my server.
Which files where are taking how much space?
Ive got the following files:
drwx------. 2 eric eric 4096 Nov 28 2022 .
drwx------. 3 eric eric 64 Nov 26 2022 ..
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 46058517 Nov 28 2022 0000000001e7.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 51329084 Nov 28 2022 00000000023b.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 129880467 Nov 28 2022 000000000358.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 7728625 Nov 28 2022 000000000369.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 8323849 Nov 28 2022 00000000036c.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 8066786 Nov 28 2022 000000000376.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 8028821 Nov 28 2022 000000000380.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1072006 Nov 28 2022 000000000388.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1074122 Nov 28 2022 000000000389.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 8119937 Nov 28 2022 00000000038a.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1072712 Nov 28 2022 00000000038b.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1102232 Nov 28 2022 00000000038c.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1086092 Nov 28 2022 00000000038d.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1094687 Nov 28 2022 00000000038e.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1068651 Nov 28 2022 00000000038f.zap
-rw-------. 1 eric eric 1026419 Nov 28 2022 000000000390.zap
located at /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-M3U.airings/store
I also have the following files that are over 50MB.
1.6G /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config
1.4G /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data
410M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-TVE.airings/store
410M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-TVE.airings
264M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-M3U.airings/store
264M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-M3U.airings
211M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/XMLTV-IPTVGeneral.airings/store
211M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/XMLTV-IPTVGeneral.airings
209M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/2022.11.15.1908
196M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-TVE.airings/store/0000000028e2.zap
124M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-M3U.airings/store/000000000358.zap
122M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/USA-OTA27540.airings/store
122M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/USA-OTA27540.airings
112M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/2022.11.15.1908/ffmpeg
109M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/XMLTV-IPTVMovies.airings/store
109M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/XMLTV-IPTVMovies.airings
85M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/XMLTV-IPTVEntertainment.airings/store
85M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/XMLTV-IPTVEntertainment.airings
77M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/X-TVE.airings/store/000000002854.zap
60M /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data/USA-OTA27540.airings/store/00000000104a.zap
I have a number of log files at /home/eric/channels-dvr/dvr/config/data
rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 2097080 Dec 28 2022 channels-dvr-http-2022-12-29T02-40-22.393.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 2097048 Dec 30 2022 channels-dvr-http-2022-12-31T02-57-15.608.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 2097076 Dec 31 2022 channels-dvr-http-2023-01-01T01-21-39.326.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 1052535 Jan 1 2023 channels-dvr-http.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 3067874 Jan 1 2023 channels-dvr.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 2096949 Dec 30 2022 channels-http-cache-2022-12-30T09-02-08.064.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 1239091 Jan 1 2023 channels-http-cache.log
drwxr-xr-x. 3 eric eric 25 Nov 25 2022 chromedata
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 19 Dec 31 2022 chromedp-version
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10485618 Dec 31 2022 hls-2022-12-31T21-28-54.714.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10485282 Dec 31 2022 hls-2022-12-31T21-55-15.873.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10484507 Dec 31 2022 hls-2022-12-31T22-45-32.214.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10484901 Dec 31 2022 hls-2022-12-31T23-54-57.842.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10484655 Dec 31 2022 hls-2023-01-01T00-46-00.029.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10484868 Dec 31 2022 hls-2023-01-01T01-36-26.345.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10484898 Dec 31 2022 hls-2023-01-01T02-26-44.656.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10485077 Dec 31 2022 hls-2023-01-01T03-17-01.662.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10485188 Dec 31 2022 hls-2023-01-01T04-03-59.706.log
-rw-r--r--. 1 eric eric 10484812 Dec 31 2022 hls-2023-01-01T04-48-48.544.log
All of that looks normal to me.
I just want to know if I can delete the files.
No you cannot.
Those dates look awfully wrong.
Support files created by Channels DVR Server are there because they are required to make it work and to work better for you.
It does do not create files just to use up your storage.
This is not anything out of the ordinary from other software suites. Software uses files for a million different reasons and if it created a file, it needs it.
It’s best to just stay out of the DVR directory and just let Channels DVR Server do its job.