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Santiago

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11/25/2020 5:02 PM

    I'm trying to find what people do for cleaning up an old site and removing the bloat from left behind files from modules not in use  or unused files. I found mention of a cleanup manifest but can't find any documentation on how to use it and execute it. 

    Any help is greatly appreciate it. 

    -Santiago 






    Michael Tobisch

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    11/26/2020 2:34 AM

      Santiago,

      the cleanup part in the manifest is used to get rid of files that are not necessary anymore for a specific extension, and is executed during an extension update. The "old" way to do this was to create some text files that holds the information of files to delete,

      I delete log files from time to time from /Portals/_default/logs (normally before I do an upgrade of DNN, to have a smaller size of the file backup). I leave those which are only some days old.

      Another thing to delete is all files in /install/AuthSystem, /install/Container, /install/JavaScriptLibrary, /install/Language, /install/library, install/Module, /install/Provider and /install/Skin (except the file PlaceHolder.txt) before I unzip the upgrade package over the installation.

      When I uninstall an extension, I check if all the files have been deleted (you find this information normally in the manifest of the extension), esp. the assembly (in the /bin folder).

      There is propably more to delete and being safe.

      Happy DNNing!
      Michael

      Michael Tobisch
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      Santiago

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      11/26/2020 6:06 AM

        THank you very much @MichaelTobisch. THat's a start. It's been a very long time for me since I developed a module back in the old days so I forgot where to look for the manifest or what it looks like (FileName). Any pointers are greatly appreciated. 






        Michael Tobisch

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        11/30/2020 3:36 AM

          Santiago,

          the manifest is normally in the install package, and has a .dnn extension, in some cases you may find it in the installation folder of the extension (e.g. /DesktopModules/xyz/).

          The schema is documented here.

          Happy DNNing!
          Michael

           

          Michael Tobisch
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          dnnWerk Austria
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