On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 11:38:49PM +0100, suvayu ali wrote: > Or use tmpwatch to do the cleaning. A good suggestion. I would also point out a warning to developers--of both compiled programs and scripts. It's a poor program or script that creates files in /tmp or /usr/tmp and doesn't take appropriate steps to protect itself. You should *expect* files and/or directories to be deleted from temporary directories. So how do you protect yourself? Set the sticky bit on files and directories. Keep them open as long as you're going to need them (open files and directories can't be "really" deleted.) And, of course, be good about cleaning up after yourself when you no longer need them. Good developers are paranoid. Cheers, -- Dave Ihnat dihnat@xxxxxxxxxx -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
