Date: Thu, 8 Feb 2007 14:55:16 +0000 From: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: /tmp getting full form portmanager Message-ID: <20070208145516.2a8612f8@gumby.homeunix.com> In-Reply-To: <45CAB605.1070901@enabled.com> References: <45CA6413.6000400@enabled.com> <20070207193234.BFA4.GERARD@seibercom.net> <45CA7215.7030004@enabled.com> <45CA9854.7040903@u.washington.edu> <45CAB605.1070901@enabled.com>
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On Wed, 07 Feb 2007 21:32:53 -0800 Noah <admin2@enabled.com> wrote: > > > > > > From rc.conf(5): > > > > clear_tmp_enable > > (bool) Set to ``YES'' to have /tmp cleaned at > > startup. > > And also daily_clean_tmps_enable (in periodic.conf) > > Why not setup a parallel (background) task with a wrapper script to > > delete some files when upgrading ports? Either that or find a > > (more) free partition and symlink /var/tmp to it. > > > > > yeah out of all the ideas this seems the easiest to implement and > just makes sense but I am having difficulties creating the sym link > for /tmp That doesn't make sense to me, it just sweeps the problem under the carpet. At the moment I'm in the middle of an upgrade with portmanager, and the *total* space used on /tmp is 1MB. How much of /tmp is actually in use by portmanager.
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