Tom Gundersen wrote: > 2011/11/29 "Jérôme M. Berger" <jeberger@xxxxxxx>: > >> And if your machine only boots very rarely (because it runs >> continuously or because you hibernate it instead of rebooting) then >> your "temporary" folder is never cleaned up. The solution that makes >> the most sense is to have /tmp on a disk and to use tmpwatch [1][2] >> in a cron job to clean it up regularly. >> >> Jerome >> >> [1] http://fedorahosted.org/tmpwatch/ >> [2] http://aur.archlinux.org/packages.php?ID=23510 > > You should also be able to use /usr/lib/initscripts/arch-tmpfiles, > which is what we use at boot, and which should have a similar > functionality to tmpwatch (if you are using systemd you'll get a > similar functionality for free). With tmpwatch one gets to choose files not accessed or modified for a certain period, and it needs no config file. Arch-tmpfiles, OTOH, would require such a thing. Then again, a simple "find <some-dirs> -atime +<time-spec> -exec /bin/rm '{}' +" does about the same as tmpwatch. clemens
