On Sat, Jun 6, 2009 at 6:46 PM, Mikkel L. Ellertson<mikkel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: >> On Sat, 2009-06-06 at 17:32 -0700, gmspro wrote: >>> In windows xp I can delete the contents of temp directory. >>> In linux which directory contents I can remove? >> >> By convention, temporary files are in /tmp (sometimes /var/tmp). You can >> delete them as you would any other file, using "rm ...". >> >>> Is there any command to do that easily? >>> Or is there any graphical software that I can use for this purpose? >> >> Any of the graphical file managers. >> >> Be sure you understand the consequences of deleting temporary files >> before doing so, as there's no easy way to undelete files in Linux. >> >> poc >> > You will probably want to be careful about deleting the various > sockets in /tmp. This can lead to strange problems until you log > out, or in some cases reboot. (Strange as in unpredictable or > intermittent.) > > Mike > -- ____ Several applications put temporary files in there for the duration of the login session. Things like ssh don't behave well when its temp files are removed while still running. ~af -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines
