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Subject: Re: /tmp getting full form portmanager
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RW writes:

>  > >      clear_tmp_enable
>  > >                  (bool) Set to ``YES'' to have /tmp cleaned at
>  > > startup.
>  
>  And also daily_clean_tmps_enable (in periodic.conf)

	Before doing this, understand the consequences,
	There's stuff in my /tmp ... I understand /who/ put it there,
but not /why/.  Until I affirmatively know it's safe to delete, not
going to blindly reap the directory.


				Robert Huff