Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:38:41 +0100 From: Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> To: Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clean up / filesystem Message-ID: <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org> In-Reply-To: <op.vkbisimcesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> References: <op.vkakpz1j0i70i3@win7x64.mshome.net> <19632.463.52069.211565@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <op.vkbisimcesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net>
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On 10/09/10 17:58, Caleb Stein wrote: > On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:46:55 -0700, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> wrote: [Full /tmp discussion snipped] > > So is it safe to do "rm -rf /tmp/*"? 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="YES" # Clear /tmp at startup. to your /etc/rc.conf -- "Although the wombat is real and the dragon is not, few know what a wombat looks like, but everyone knows what a dragon looks like." -- Avram Davidson, _Adventures in Unhistory_
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