Re: cleaning /tmp directory

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>>> i need a cron script that cleans every day crap into /tmp
>>> I have there a lot of temp files but i dunno which ones can be safely wiped,
>>> and it is very time comsuming job, too.

>> There already is a cron that will delete file out of /tmp that are 10 days old.

> In addition, at shutdown time everything in /tmp is fair game for
> deletion.  As one of the last things done on all my machines I clean out
> /tmp.  In my case the reason isn't space, but clutter.  With the default
> /tmp cleaning, things build up to such a level that downloaded files
> that I only want to look at once are hard to find (such as pdf files
> etc).
> Put this in /sbin/halt.local mode 755.

> #!/bin/sh
> ###############################################################################
> ##                                                                           ##
> ##      File:     halt.local                                                 ##
> ##      Author:   Wolfgang S. Rupprecht <wolfgang@xxxxxxxxx>                 ##
> ##      Created:  Thu Jun  7 23:47:14 PDT 2007                               ##
> ##      Contents: wsrcc site-specific halt stuff                             ##
> ##                                                                           ##
> ##      Copyright (c) 2007 Wolfgang S. Rupprecht.                            ##
> ##      All rights reserved.                                                 ##
> ##                                                                           ##
> ##      $Id$                                                                 ##
> ###############################################################################
> # wsrcc halt script
> echo "WSRCC: Clearing /tmp"
> cd /
> /bin/rm -rf /tmp/* /tmp/.??*
> sync; sync; sync;

Or turn /tmp into a tmpfs mount.
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