Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 15:39:21 +0700 From: Olivier Nicole <olivier.nicole@cs.ait.ac.th> To: Sreeram BS <sreeramabs@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ? Message-ID: <CA%2Bg%2BBviM2VsGGN=nEEHEdJn-PxkBm6x=02MC2wv%2BqiU7ZXm-kw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAObZ-RXW8Gbs=EpMmeavd6hsLNJ3Qc=TSc9AMd4VR_EkN7p0bA@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAObZ-RXW8Gbs=EpMmeavd6hsLNJ3Qc=TSc9AMd4VR_EkN7p0bA@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi Sreeram, > I am using FreeBSD 9. I would like to know as to what is the lifetime of > the files in /tmp directory. The general description says that these files > *may* not be preserved across a reboot. By this I interpret that if the > system is not rebooted, then these files will be there forever. But, just > wanted a confirmation to see if there is any lifespan (expiry-time) > attached with these files (ie the system would flush these files after some > days/months etc automatically). No. Applications should be responsible for cleaning their temporary files. Bests, Olivier > > Please inform. > > Regards, > Sreeram > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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