cache files in some subdirs of /usr/share/icons

Ed Greshko Ed.Greshko at greshko.com
Fri May 17 08:43:50 UTC 2013


On 05/17/13 15:54, Joachim Backes wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm running F18 (and F19), and I saw some files called
> *icon-theme.cache* in a lot of subdirs of /usr/share/icons, partially consuming a lot of disk space.
>
> MY question: Can I remove them safely?
>

Rename the file...  Come back in a week.  If the world has not ended.  Delete them.

FWIW, I only found 3 of these on my system and they only add up to 160MB.

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