Date: Tue, 11 Mar 2003 11:52:42 +1300 From: Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz> To: Dick Hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st> Cc: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: tmp directory Message-ID: <20030310225242.GA64810@grimoire.chen.org.nz> In-Reply-To: <20030310212422.GA21988@pooh.nagual.st> References: <20030310212422.GA21988@pooh.nagual.st>
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On Mon, Mar 10, 2003 at 10:24:22PM +0100, Dick Hoogendijk 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..??
You can do a clean on reboot by adding in /etc/rc.conf:
clear_tmp_enable="YES" # Clear /tmp at startup.
You can alternatively get your system to clear /tmp periodically by
adding into /etc/periodic.conf:
daily_clean_tmps_enable="YES" # Delete stuff daily
Cheers.
--
Jonathan Chen <jonc@chen.org.nz>
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