Re: /tmp directory

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>>> Am 10.12.2012 um 11:22 schrieb John Doe:
>>>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> You also have '/var/tmp' that is expected to survive reboots and should be less often (never?) cleared.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> cat /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch
>>> flags=-umc
>>> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix \
>>>      -x /tmp/.font-unix -x /tmp/.ICE-unix -x /tmp/.Test-unix \
>>>      -X '/tmp/hsperfdata_*' 240 /tmp
>>> /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" 720 /var/tmp
>>> for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do
>>>     if [ -d "$d" ]; then
>>>      /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -f 720 "$d"
>>>     fi
>>> done
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 720 = 30 days
>>
>> what? you mean this dir called /var/tmp is actually for temporary
>> stuff?? man, this system is seriously screwed up...


What else do you use it for?


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