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==Automatically Purging Expired Cache Files==
If your host supports it, you can set up an automatic process to purge expired cache files on a regular basis.

Whilst the specifics are beyond the scope of this article, in general you will merely have to enter the relevant command into the ''[[Wikipedia:cron|cron]]'' job manager and specify the time or times on which the job is to be run. You will probably need to include the full path to the indexer. For example:
<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">
php /var/www/myjoomla/cli/garbagecron.php
</syntaxhighlight>

Most ''cron'' job managers will allow you to enter an email address to which a report will be sent if an error occurs. Because ''garbagecron.php'' does not produce any output unless an error occurs, you will not receive an email if the program runs successfully.