Mikkel L. Ellertson 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.) > > Which is why I never advocate that the novice user go about doing "clean up" of /tmp and /var/tmp on running systems. If they are really concerned about file space being taken up by these....then I follow what was (and maybe still is) the Solaris approach and create a startup or shutdown job that clears those directories early or late in the sequence. -- Hermes: "Up yours, Zoidberg. Up wherever your species traditionally crams things." Mei-Mei.Greshko@xxxxxxxxxxx http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=cCSz_koUhSg
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