[ale] cleaning out /tmp

[James P. Kinney III]

On Tue, 2007-09-04 at 10:03 -0400, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Uh hmm. Look up tmpwatch(8)  ( http://linux.die.net/man/8/tmpwatch )
> for your distro. This utility grovels through /tmp and removes files
> older than a configured number of hours. It usually runs as a daily
> cron job through /etc/cron.daily. I can see that RedHat, Debian, and
> Gentoo distros include it in some form.
> 
> I like this approach because it keeps /tmp reasonably clear, but files
> there are still preserved through a reboot -- handy if you tend to
> use /tmp to stash stuff you've downloaded or intermediate files you're
> working on, and the power in your house occasionally flips off or the
> cat trips over your powerstrip.

Or your 2 year old toddles into your office grinning like a loon and
says "Button!" and presses the power button on the UPS during a manic
multiple remote terminals open, transferring stuff between multiple
remote systems with 'screen' NOT being used...
> 
> -- CHS
> 
> 
> On 9/2/07, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
>         I just noticed, as I was trying to figure out my email issue,
>         that there were
>         lots of old files in /tmp.
>         yet I know I've rebooted twice today.
>         Is there a good way to clean out /tmp??
>         cronjob ?
>         I basically went to single user mode, and did: 
>         cd /tmp
>         rm -r *
>         reboot
>         
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