Question: How do I safely empty /var/lib/fess/thumbnails?

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(from github.com/WorldWideWebb)
What’s the best/safe way to clear out /var/lib/fess/thumbnails? Looks like I’ve got quite a buildup, and I never had the “thumbnail view” option checked in the settings (I assumed this meant that thumbnails wouldn’t even be generated, but I guess that’s more of a UI option). I tried the thumbnail purger job in the scheduler, but that didn’t seem to clear them out.

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(from github.com/marevol)
To stop thumbnail generation, please disable Thumbnail Generator in Scheduler page.
Thumbnail Purger job does not delete thumbnails for live documents in an index.

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(from github.com/WorldWideWebb)
Thanks - I had already deactivated the Thumbnail Generator job, but I still have all that space being occupied by what was generated. How do I get rid of those without breaking the application?

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(from github.com/marevol)
After disabling the job, run rm -r /var/lib/fess/thumbnails/*.