📁 File Management
📖 Official
Project File Archiver
Archive completed projects, clean temp files, and compress to save space
★☆☆ Beginner 10-15 min January 12, 2025
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Scenario
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Prompt
Please analyze the ~/Projects/old-website project: - Total file size - Largest files and folders - Temporary files that can be safely deleted (node_modules, .cache, build, etc.) - Estimate how much space can be saved after cleanup Then clean up temporary files: - Delete node_modules, .next, dist, build folders - Delete .DS_Store, Thumbs.db and other system files - Delete .log and .cache files - Keep package.json, README.md and other important files Finally, package the project: - Use tar.gz format for compression - Include date in filename: old-website-archive-20250112.tar.gz - Save to ~/Archives folder - Verify archive integrity
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Expected Result
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Tips
- • For particularly important projects, you can create two archives: one keeping all files (including node_modules), and one with only source code, just in case you need to return to the exact same environment.