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Re: NEVER remove log files without asking



On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 10:47:09PM -0600, Jamin W. Collins wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 16, 2004 at 06:26:00PM -0500, Steve Greenland wrote:
> > Is it wrong for package foobar to 'rm -rf /var/cache/foobar' when it
> > is purged?
> 
> Yes.  Blindly removing any folder is bad.

So rm -rf /var/log/apache/* is OK then?  If not, why is it OK for programs
to clean /tmp?

- Matt

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