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moving / uninstalling games, doesn't properly move / delete shader cache

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ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#8065 · opened 2021-09-12 by BloodyIron · updated 2021-09-12 · 1 comments · github
BBloodyIron 2021-09-12 github

Your system information

  • Steam client version (build number or date): 1631237534 (latest)
  • Distribution (e.g. Ubuntu): Ubuntu 20.04.3
  • Opted into Steam client beta?: No
  • Have you checked for system updates?: Yes (regularly)

I have an OS drive on an NVMe SSD, and a secondary storage device on a SATA SSD that is mounted in /mnt/whatever. I have a STEAM library on each of them.

When I move games between them, with the STEAM library move function, the game shader cache folder is left on the source drive, when it should be moved to the target drive.

Additionally, when uninstalling a game, the shader cache is left on the drive it was previously installed on.

Both of these lead to undesirable rather large folders.

Kkisak-valve maintainer 2021-09-12 github

Partial duplicate of #5717.

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