cleaning/deleting - img/p folder

[croc]

Hello,

I have one question about img/p folder.

Using PS 1.6.0.9 , imported thousends of products and i checked that my FTP was in last days much filled.

Biggest folder is img/p (around 5GB)

 

QUESTION

is if this folder is so important, and if is it possible to clean it totaly?

 

I tried to rename it like img/pX (so get it out for a while) and i checked that all images on the website are displayed and that it sees that all was working right.

Then i saw that prestashop created new img/p folder (and it was not so big - maybe just some MBs) so that old img/pX is out, but still all works.

 

(one additional thing, i discovered that this folder increased much after more tryings to generate sitemap via gsitemap, but iam not sure if this is the reaseon)

 

So is it possible to clean this img/p folder ?

Is it safe?

Are ther sharp pictures which prestashop is still using or just any cache or backup?

 

 

Thanks for answers in advance

 

 

[bellini13]

the files under /img/p are your product images, which if you delete then you will no longer have images for your products. 

[croc]

Hi, thanks for answer.

 

And one other thing: i discovered that my img/p folder increased much after i tried to generate sitemap via gsitemap module. Is it possible that this was the reason?