Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2013 14:35:33 +0530 From: Sreeram BS <sreeramabs@gmail.com> To: Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Files in /tmp directory - Is there any timelimit ? Message-ID: <CAObZ-RXU=vv1VB65B=m_J%2BeCc=0TXmrsjoifTap=C%2BYSJn6Trw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5242A5E7.5070908@gmail.com> References: <CAObZ-RXW8Gbs=EpMmeavd6hsLNJ3Qc=TSc9AMd4VR_EkN7p0bA@mail.gmail.com> <5242A5E7.5070908@gmail.com>
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Does this auto-cleanup apply to files in /var/tmp directory also. The generic description says that the files in this directory can stay across reboots. So, does this survive auto-cleanup too? regards, Sreeram On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Volodymyr Kostyrko <c.kworr@gmail.com>wrote: > 25.09.2013 11:34, Sreeram BS wrote: > >> Hi, >> 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). >> > > Not by default. There's a clean-tmps periodic task which can be enabled > @/etc/periodic.conf. It defaults to three days. > > -- > Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. >
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