[ale] cleaning out /tmp

[Greg Freemyer]

webpin tmpwatch seems to show some hits within apparmor, but I'm not
sure about that.

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FYI: webpin can be a useful tool.  It is not part of the 10.2 distro,
but you can find it at

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/openSUSE:/Tools/openSUSE_10.2/
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>> webpin tmpwatch
... performing request on
http://benjiweber.co.uk:8080/searchservice/SearchServi   6 results (4
packages) found for "tmpwatch" in openSUSE_102
* man-pages-it: LDP man Pages (Italian)
   - 0.3.0 [suse-oss]
     >> /usr/share/man/it/man8/tmpwatch.8.gz
* apparmor-profiles: AppArmor profiles that are loaded into the
apparmor kernel module
   - 2.0.1 [suse-oss]
     >> /etc/apparmor/profiles/extras/etc.cron.daily.tmpwatch
   - 2.0.2 [BS::security:/apparmor | jengelh]
     >> /etc/apparmor/profiles/extras/etc.cron.daily.tmpwatch
* man-pages-pl: LDP man Pages (Polish)
   - 2006.7.13 [suse-oss]
     >> /usr/share/man/pl/man8/tmpwatch.8.gz
* jffnms: web-based Network Management System (NMS) for IP networks
   - 0.8.3dfsg.1 [BS::Ports:/DebianBased:/Auto]
     >> /usr/share/jffnms/engine/tmpwatch.sh
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Greg

On 9/4/07, Paul Cartwright <paul_tbot at pcartwright.com> wrote:
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> 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 see articles on it, but I can't find it for SUSE.. apt-get nor smart
> can find it ;(
>
> >
> > 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.
>
> I use tmp for ONLY temp stuff. If I want to save a file, I never leave
> it in tmp :)
>
> been bitten by that bug once too often!
>
> - --
> Paul Cartwright
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