prowler
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)
Prowler \Prowl"er\, n. One that prowls. --Thomson. [1913 Webster]
Free On-line Dictionary of Computing
prowler skulker
(Unix) A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke "lost+found" directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system.
See also GFR, reaper, skulker.
(1995-02-14)
The Jargon File
prowler n.
[Unix] A daemon that is run periodically (typically once a week) to seek out and erase core files, truncate administrative logfiles, nuke lost+found directories, and otherwise clean up the cruft that tends to pile up in the corners of a file system. See also reaper, skulker.