Re: deleting content of /tmp
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On 03/24/07 15:27, andy wrote:
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> I tend to leave the machine running, but am the only user. I tend to
> default to the Gnome wm altho' do use XFce4 from time-to-time. For a
> machine that has an uptime of 6 days having a handful of some 23 items
> in the /tmp is not excessive, so is probably erased on shut down or boot
> up. This question of course could be answered by simply making a habit
> of shutting down regularly, which would be better on the environment too.
lsof(1) should be brought into play here.
"Any /tmp files older than 7 days but which are not found by lsof"
seem like reasonable candidates for deletion.
- --
Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA USA
Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day.
Hit him with a fish, and he goes away for good!
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