Re: deleting content of /tmp
The following little C program will illustrate:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <
stdlib.h>
int main(void) {
FILE *f;
f = fopen("check_my_size", "w");
int i;
for (i = 0; i < 1000000; ++i)
fprintf(f, "This is just filler for the file");
system("ls -lk check_my_size");
printf("Checking utilization:\n");
fflush(stdout);
system("df -k");
sleep(2);
printf("Unlinking file\n");
fflush(stdout);
unlink("check_my_size");
system("ls -lk check_my_size");
printf("Checking utilization:\n");
fflush(stdout);
system("df -k");
sleep(2);
printf("Closing file\n");
fflush(stdout);
fclose(f);
system("ls -lk check_my_size");
printf("Checking utilization:\n");
fflush(stdout);
system("df -k");
return 0;
}
Why do you use unlink() instead of remove()?
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