Re: Annoying tmp files on shared host

Chris Martin wrote:
> I host a site on a shared server that, recently, is constantly sending 
> me emails about running out of space. This account is a small (100MB) 
> account, and when I go into cPanel and look at the disk usage, 
> /tmp/urchin is usually the culprit (most of the time > 75MB).
> I cleared them out Wed, and by yesterday it was full again.
> 
> I was going to complain to my host about it, but then I realized I 
> wasn't sure how those were supposed to be cleared out.
> I wasn't sure if they were supposed to auto-magically evaporate, or if I 
> should setup a cron job or something. I've never run into this before so 
> I was hoping one of you might be able to shine some light on it.
> 

there is a pacakge called 'tmpwatch' for doing exactly this.  Check it out.

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