On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Alexandre Strube wrote: > Em Ter, 2004-01-20 às 21:44, Matt H. escreveu: > > Hello Matt > > > 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! > > Well, most of these files are from running applications - so, if you cd > /tmp; rm -rf * > you will certainly to restart some of those applications. In fact, > closing any gnome or kde session, erasing the files and restarting X > (with a ctrl+alt+backspace) will do the trick. if you, like me, use /tmp for a lot of *very* temporary storage, you can create a "tmpfs" filesystem that will disappear upon reboot. as an example, make one under /tmp/junk or something, and use that directory for stuff that you *know* you're not going to need 10 minutes from now. rday
