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Re: Cleaning /tmp regularly using bootclean.sh + crond



Am 2006-02-20 14:17:32, schrieb Mike McCarty:

> AFAICT, there isn't one. How can one know that some weird file
> wasn't put there by some application or other, and intends to
> open it in a day or two when it gets started again?

I have this case, where it makes no sense to put such files in $HOME/tmp
like the mutt-header-cache if $HOME is mounted via NFS.

And right, cleaning /tmp can be very dangerous.

Greetings
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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