On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 12:13:00 -0500, Adi Linden <adil@adis.on.ca> wrote: > What does Debian do with files in /tmp and /var/tmp, are they > automatically deleted on a regular basis, or removed at boot time? > AFAICT they are cleaned at boot time (or during shutting down). I think this behavior is actually documented in the debian policy, though I'm not entirely sure. greets, Wim