Date: Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:40:29 +0100 From: Mike Clarke <jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Cc: Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com>, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> Subject: Re: Clean up / filesystem Message-ID: <201010100940.29438.jmc-freebsd2@milibyte.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org> References: <op.vkakpz1j0i70i3@win7x64.mshome.net> <op.vkbisimcesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org>
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On Saturday 09 October 2010, Arthur Chance wrote: > Not if running an X desktop, as all sorts of things get stuck in /tmp > that are needed. In single user mode it should be safe, and it > probably is when simply running on the console. > > As a long term solution, if you wish to clear /tmp every reboot add > clear_tmp_enable=3D"YES"=A0=A0# Clear /tmp at startup. > to your /etc/rc.conf Also consider using periodic(8) to do a safe daily cleanup deleting=20 files in /tmp not accessed in the last 3 days. You need to add=20 daily_clean_tmps_enable=3D"YES" to /etc/periodic.conf. If you prefer a=20 different retention period you can set it by adding a line setting=20 daily_clean_tmps_days to the desired value. You can also modify the=20 default list of files to ignore with the variable=20 daily_clean_tmps_ignore =2D-=20 Mike Clarke
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