From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Mar 10 13:38: 2 2003 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D4B5337B401 for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:38:00 -0800 (PST) Received: from spxgate.servplex.com (ip66-105-58-82.z58-105-66.customer.algx.net [66.105.58.82]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D051F43FAF for ; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 13:37:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Received: from peter.servplex.com ([192.168.0.96]) by spxgate.servplex.com (8.12.8/8.12.6) with ESMTP id h2ALnFiA028410; Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:49:15 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from peter@servplex.com) Message-Id: <5.2.0.9.2.20030310153747.01bd10d0@mail.servplex.com> X-Sender: peter@mail.servplex.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.2.0.9 Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2003 15:38:10 -0600 To: Dick Hoogendijk From: Peter Elsner Subject: Re: tmp directory Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20030310212422.GA21988@pooh.nagual.st> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG You can manually clean it, but FreeBSD can be set to do so... man periodic.conf Peter At 10:24 PM 3/10/2003 +0100, you wrote: >Debian linux cleans it's /tmp on every reboot (IF you reboot ;-) >FreeBSD does not clean up. Lots of files stay in /tmp > >Question: can I manually clean /tmp or is it better to leave things >alone..?? > >-- >dick -- http://www.nagual.st/ -- PGP/GnuPG key: F86289CE >++ Running FreeBSD 4.7 ++ Debian GNU/Linux (Woody) > >To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Elsner Vice President Of Customer Service (And System Administrator) 1835 S. Carrier Parkway Grand Prairie, Texas 75051 (972) 263-2080 - Voice (972) 263-2082 - Fax (972) 489-4838 - Cell Phone (425) 988-8061 - eFax I worry about my child and the Internet all the time, even though she's too young to have logged on yet. Here's what I worry about. I worry that 10 or 15 years from now, she will come to me and say "Daddy, where were you when they took freedom of the press away from the Internet?" -- Mike Godwin Unix IS user friendly... It's just selective about who its friends are. System Administration - It's a dirty job, but somebody said I had to do it. If you receive something that says 'Send this to everyone you know, pretend you don't know me. Standard $500/message proofreading fee applies for UCE. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message