From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Oct 9 23:02:17 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E47A106566B for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 23:02:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from caleb.stein@me.com) Received: from asmtpout023.mac.com (asmtpout023.mac.com [17.148.16.98]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 03BC28FC0A for ; Sat, 9 Oct 2010 23:02:16 +0000 (UTC) MIME-version: 1.0 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-15; format=flowed; delsp=yes Received: from win7x64.mshome.net ([67.183.141.251]) by asmtp023.mac.com (Sun Java(tm) System Messaging Server 6.3-8.01 (built Dec 16 2008; 32bit)) with ESMTPA id <0LA1004SYPBPEN40@asmtp023.mac.com> for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:02:13 -0700 (PDT) X-Proofpoint-Spam-Details: rule=notspam policy=default score=0 spamscore=0 ipscore=0 suspectscore=5 phishscore=0 bulkscore=0 adultscore=0 classifier=spam adjust=0 reason=mlx engine=6.0.2-1004200000 definitions=main-1010090152 X-Proofpoint-Virus-Version: vendor=fsecure engine=2.50.10432:5.2.15,1.0.148,0.0.0000 definitions=2010-10-09_02:2010-10-08, 2010-10-09, 1970-01-01 signatures=0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <19632.463.52069.211565@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org> <20101010001611.ed9bc12b.freebsd@edvax.de> Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:02:03 -0700 From: Caleb Stein Message-id: In-reply-to: <20101010001611.ed9bc12b.freebsd@edvax.de> User-Agent: Opera Mail/10.70 (Win32) Subject: Re: Clean up / filesystem X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 23:02:17 -0000 On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:16:11 -0700, Polytropon wrote: > On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:40:20 -0700, Caleb Stein > wrote: >> Ok, so it won't hurt X as long as I clear /tmp/ while X isn't running? > > Correct, no problem. > > It *may* be possible that some programs save files to /tmp, even > if it is NOT to be assumed that those files survive a reboot. > The content of /tmp is to be seen as easily flammable. :-) > > X itself does use /tmp mainly for /tmp/.X0-lock as well as the > /tmp/.font-unix/, /tmp/.X11-unix/, /tmp/.ICE-unix/, /tmp/.XIM-unix/ > and other subtrees that get generated anyway when not present > at X startup. > > Make sure *YOU* don't have any important files in there. :-) > > > Ok, thanks for the info. I've added clear_tmp_enable="YES" to rc.conf, so hopefully, after a reboot, I'll stop seeing the annoying message.