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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 [GFR], [reaper], [skulker].


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