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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 10:27:12 -0600
From: Mark Felder <feld@feld.me>
To: Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org>
Subject: Re: clearing /var/tmp in periodic.conf?
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On Thu, 29 Nov 2012 09:19:08 -0700
Gary Aitken <freebsd@dreamchaser.org> wrote:

> Any reasons why one should not clear /var/tmp via periodic.conf?

There are lots of things put in /var/tmp that programs expect to be =
persistent.