On Wed, 21 Jan 2004 10:44:14 +1000, "Matt H." <helios82@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >Hi guys > >I would like to clean out my /tmp partition as per the tip at >http://fedoranews.org/krishnan/tips/tip014.shtml. However, just one small >query. Is there any folders/files in the /tmp directory that shouldn't be >deleted? My /tmp currently contains directories such as gconfd-root, >kde-root, ksocket-root, lost+found, mcop-root, a number of ssh-*, and >files such as crxmlqWMLkc, a number of libGL.la-*, sockets such as >mapping-root,..etc. > >Will all these entries safely be recreated when needed? Just a >precautionary measure; I realise it is after all a "temporary" directory! > >TY >-- >Matt Check /etc/cron.daily You should see that tmpwatch is run every day. man tmpwatch says tmpwatch recursively removes files which haven't been accessed for a given number of hours. Normally, it's used to clean up directories which are used for temporary holding space such as /tmp. You can edit /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch to change the parameters used. -- Steve
