[MacPorts] #60185: /.fseventsd taking up a huge amount of disk space

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#60185: /.fseventsd taking up a huge amount of disk space
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  Reporter:  ryandesign      |      Owner:  admin@…
      Type:  defect          |     Status:  new
  Priority:  Normal          |  Milestone:
 Component:  server/hosting  |    Version:
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Comment (by mascguy):

 Yeah, this is one of the few annoyances related to macOS.

 Whenever I'm setting up a new, VM, disk, etc, I run through the following
 routine for every logical volume:

 {{{
 $ sudo touch /Volumes/<vol_name>/.metadata_never_index
 $ sudo touch /Volumes/<vol_name>/.com.apple.timemachine.donotpresent

 # Ensure we can see the contents of '.fseventsd', sans sudo
 $ sudo chmod g+rx,o+rx /Volumes/<vol_name>/.fseventsd

 $ sudo touch /Volumes/<vol_name>/.fseventsd/no_log

 # While file '.metadata_never_index' will take effect eventually, stop
 SpotLight indexing immediately:
 $ sudo mdutil -d /Volumes/<vol_name>
 }}}

 It's also good to check the contents of `/private/var/vm/`, to see if
 there's a hibernate file. If so, disable that via `pmset`, for any non-
 laptop Mac... VMs included.

 Ditto for checking the size of the swap file(s), which also reside in that
 directory.

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Ticket URL: <https://trac.macports.org/ticket/60185#comment:8>
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