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 -- Registered Linux User #16148 (http://counter.li.org/)
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