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Subject: Re: /tmp running out of inodes
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> As Kirk has already said, you need to figure why this is happening in
> the first place, but there is a periodic job which can help keep /tmp
> tidy for you. It is in /etc/periodic/daily/110.clean-tmps and can be
> enabled with this in /etc/periodic.conf:
>
> daily_clean_tmps_enable="YES"
>
> You can tailor its behaviour depending on your needs - look for the
> relevant knobs in /etc/defaults/periodic.conf
>

Thank you for all your help.  I now understand what is going wrong.
Thanks again!

Tankko