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+namespace :clear do
+  desc "Truncates all *.log files in log/ to zero bytes"
+  task :logs do
+    FileList["log/*.log"].each do |log_file|
+      f = File.open(log_file, "w")
+      f.close
+    end
+  end
+
+  desc "Clear session, cache, and socket files from tmp/"
+  task :tmp => [ "clear:tmp:sesions",  "clear:tmp:cache", "clear:tmp:sockets"]
+
+  namespace :tmp do
+    desc "Clears all files in tmp/sessions"
+    task :sessions do
+      FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sessions/[^.]*'])
+    end
+
+    desc "Clears all files and directories in tmp/cache"
+    task :cache do
+      FileUtils.rm_rf(Dir['tmp/cache/[^.]*'])
+    end
+
+    desc "Clears all ruby_sess.* files in tmp/sessions"
+    task :sockets do
+      FileUtils.rm(Dir['tmp/sockets/[^.]*'])
+    end
+  end
+end
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