puh current config pre departure

tasks/photo_refresh.yaml

@@ -51,10 +51,41 @@
 
   - name: carputer - photo_refresh - Start container at 0.0.0.0:8080
     shell: "docker-compose -f {{ photo_refresh_folder }}/docker-compose.yaml up -d"
-    register: local_index_output
+    register: docker_output
   - debug: |
-            msg="{{ local_index_output.stdout_lines }}"
-            msg="{{ local_index_output.stderr_lines }}"
+            msg="{{ docker_output.stdout_lines }}"
+            msg="{{ docker_output.stderr_lines }}"
 
+###############################################
+# set up thumbnail_purge
+###############################################
+
+- name: timelapse - purge thumbnail cron job
+  block:
+
+    - name: timelapse - create purge script
+      copy:
+        dest: "{{ photo_refresh_folder }}/purge_thumbnails.sh"
+        content: |
+          #!/bin/bash
+          TARGET_DIR="{{ working_folder }}/small_thumbs"
+          cd "$TARGET_DIR" || exit
+          # Find all files, sort them by modification time (oldest first), and delete all but the 50 most recent
+          ls -t | tail -n +1000 | while read -r file; do
+            if [ -f "$file" ]; then
+              # echo "Deleting file: $file"
+              rm "$file"
+            fi
+          done
+        mode: 0755
+
+    - name: timelapse - add purge to cron
+      copy:
+        dest: "/etc/cron.d/purge_thumbnails"
+        content: |
+          # This is for deleting the small thumbnails generated by the timelapse
+          # It should run once an hour
+           00  *  *  *  * root {{ photo_refresh_folder }}/purge_thumbnails.sh
+        mode: 0755
 
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