Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From:	Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To:	gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject:	Re: [gentoo-user] /tmp directory: best policy for clearing?
Date:	Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:44:19
Message-Id:	`20071001152914.5022878c@zaphod.digimed.co.uk`
In Reply to:	[gentoo-user] /tmp directory: best policy for clearing? by "Alan E. Davis"

1	On Tue, 2 Oct 2007 00:05:03 +1000, Alan E. Davis wrote:
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3	> May I ask what is a reasonable way to handle the /tmp directory, without
4	> deleting large files that are maybe only a few days old?
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6	How often do you reboot? If you don't measure uptimes by the seasons,
7	setting WIPE_TMP="yes" in/etc/conf.d/bootmisc should suffice. Otherwise,
8	something like tmpwatch.
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11	--
12	Neil Bothwick
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14	"I think not," said Descartes, and promptly disappeared.

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