---
name: "prayer-ssl-prune"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "prayer"
version: "1.3.5-dfsg1-8"
release: "Debian 11 (Bullseye)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/prayer-ssl-prune"
---

# prayer-ssl-prune(8)

purge stale SSL session data

## NAME

**prayer-ssl-prune** – purge stale SSL session data

## SYNOPSIS

**prayer-ssl-prune** \[**--config-file** *file*\] \[\[**--config-option** *name*=*value*\] *...*\]

## DESCRIPTION

**prayer-ssl-prune** should be run periodically (e.g. once a day) when using SSL session caching (**ssl\_session\_timeout** \> 0 in *prayer.cf*). It removes old transaction logs and stale session data. It accepts the same configuration-overriding options as [prayer(8)](/prayer/8.md) and [prayer-session(8)](/prayer-session/8.md).

## ENVIRONMENT

- PRAYER\_CONFIG\_FILE

  Can be set to specify the configuration file to use.

## FILES

- */usr/local/prayer/etc/prayer.cf*

  Default configuration file.

- */var/spool/prayer/ssl\_scache/*

  Default location of the SSL session cache database.

## SEE ALSO

[prayer(8)](/prayer/8.md), [prayer.cf(5)](/prayer.cf/5.md)

## AUTHORS

This manual page was put together by Magnus Holmgren \<holmgren@debian.org\> using documentation written by David Carter \<dpc22@cam.ac.uk\>.