# How can I manage sessions file in tmp

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**Category:** Rails\
**Created:** [November 14, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-manage-sessions-file-in-tmp/120168 "2007-11-14T13:18:29Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 1:18pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-manage-sessions-file-in-tmp/120168/1 "2007-11-14T13:18:29Z")

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I have huge number of file in tmp/sessions/ , so how can I manage  
that. It takes many storage spaces.  
Is It possible to config sessions expire to solve that problem or any  
plug-ins

Thank You

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Artit S.

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 6:24pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-manage-sessions-file-in-tmp/120168/2 "2007-11-14T18:24:08Z")

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On Nov 14, 2007, at 4:17 AM, Artit S. wrote:

> I have huge number of file in tmp/sessions/ , so how can I manage  
> that. It takes many storage spaces.  
> Is It possible to config sessions expire to solve that problem or  
> any plug-ins

Have Rails use your database for Sessions.

[http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoChangeSessionStore](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoChangeSessionStore)

– gw (www.railsdev.ws)

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 6:30pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-manage-sessions-file-in-tmp/120168/3 "2007-11-14T18:30:36Z")

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On 14 Nov 2007, at 17:23, Greg W. wrote:

> [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoChangeSessionStore](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoChangeSessionStore)

That’s a good thing, but as far as actually getting rid of old  
sessions, a lot of people just have a cron job that removes old  
session files/rows

Fred

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**Post date:** [November 14, 2007, 6:42pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/how-can-i-manage-sessions-file-in-tmp/120168/4 "2007-11-14T18:42:18Z")

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Frederick C. wrote:

> > > 
> > 
> > Have Rails use your database for Sessions.
> > 
> > [http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoChangeSessionStore](http://wiki.rubyonrails.org/rails/pages/HowtoChangeSessionStore)
> 
> That’s a good thing, but as far as actually getting rid of old  
> sessions, a lot of people just have a cron job that removes old  
> session files/rows

I would advise to use tmpwatch for this. Cleaning temporary files left  
over by aborted programs or programs that don’t clean after themselves  
is mandatory if you don’t want a partition to blow up in the end.  
Tmpwatch does this efficiently with minimum configuration.

Lionel