Re: [LIH] How / When does /tmp gets cleared?

On Friday 05 Sep 2008 16:29:13 Ratnakar Koli wrote:
> I was wondering how and when does /tmp folder gets cleared?
> can someone please forward me any documentation on same?

It's usually cleared using a cron script. On redhat/fedora systems, the file 
to peruse is /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch. I'm listing the contents of the file 
below.

[vinu@dincy cron.daily]$ cat tmpwatch
#! /bin/sh
flags=-umc
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix \
        -x /tmp/.font-unix -x /tmp/.ICE-unix -x /tmp/.Test-unix 10d /tmp
/usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" 30d /var/tmp
for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do
    if [ -d "$d" ]; then
        /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -f 30d "$d"
    fi
done

--Vinu.

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