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From: Florian Philipp <lists@××××××××××××××××××.net>
To: Gentoo-User <gentoo-user@l.g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-user] Garbage in /tmp or /var/tmp
Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2008 16:38:56
Message-Id: 1208104711.24284.18.camel@NOTE_GENTOO64.PHHEIMNETZ
1 Hi list!
2
3 Due to disk space restrictions I've decided to make /tmp a symlink
4 to /var/tmp instead of reserving space for both. Maybe it would have
5 been wiser to make /tmp a symlink to a dedicated directory in /var/tmp
6 but now it's too late.
7
8 Anyway, now I've found /var/tmp crowded with thousands of files with six
9 letters long nonsensical names like "6mtgWC" or "bOaiA0" each 4.9 kB
10 big. "file" identifies them as "TrueType font data". They all belong to
11 my user.
12
13 Now I'm wondering where they come from, (maybe OOo, Epdfview or
14 Acroread?), and if I can I safely remove them.
15
16 By the way, does anyone know whether tracker writes to /tmp or /var/tmp?
17
18 Thanks in advance!
19
20 Florian Philipp

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Re: [gentoo-user] Garbage in /tmp or /var/tmp Steven Lembark <lembark@×××××××.com>
Re: [gentoo-user] Garbage in /tmp or /var/tmp Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>