Title: Imagemagick temp files
Last modified: September 21, 2016

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# Imagemagick temp files

 *  Resolved [twowheeler](https://wordpress.org/support/users/twowheeler/)
 * (@twowheeler)
 * [9 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imagemagick-temp-files/)
 * I have started using this plugin on a new site and finding that the system /tmp
   directory fills up almost immediately. This is because of temp files created 
   by imagemagick as the dreamspeed CDN plugin converts old images to move them 
   to the CDN. The temp files look like:
    `-rw------- 1 username pg2033384 1365376000
   Sep 21 09:48 /tmp/magick-kpcYcfBe` This appears to be a known problem with IM
   such that an IM crash leaves a huge temp file behind, since there is some discussion
   about it on the imagemagick forums. Any suggestions on how to deal with this?
   Is there a way to stop the automatic image movement process at least? Thanks.

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 *  Plugin Author [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imagemagick-temp-files/#post-8211078)
 * > This is because of temp files created by imagemagick as the dreamspeed CDN 
   > plugin converts old images to move them to the CDN. The temp files look like:
 * The only reason the plugin does that is because you’ve changed image sizes since
   they were originally created so it has to create the ones it can’t find. Otherwise
   it’s just going to be copying what you have up to the cloud. You could delete
   the cron jobs (wp-crontrol is great for this) but… The only other idea would 
   be to make a normal cron that deletes tmp/magi* files every X minutes. Not a 
   great solution :/
    -  This reply was modified 9 years, 7 months ago by [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/).

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/imagemagick-temp-files/#post-8211078)
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