On 10.12.2012, at 18:01, Rudi Ahlers Rudi@SoftDux.com wrote:
On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:58 PM, m.roth@5-cent.us wrote:
Rudi Ahlers wrote:
Am 10.12.2012 um 11:22 schrieb John Doe: > From: Jerry Geis geisj@pagestation.com > > You also have '/var/tmp' that is expected to survive reboots and > should be less often (never?) cleared.
cat /etc/cron.daily/tmpwatch flags=-umc /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -x /tmp/.X11-unix -x /tmp/.XIM-unix \ -x /tmp/.font-unix -x /tmp/.ICE-unix -x /tmp/.Test-unix \ -X '/tmp/hsperfdata_*' 240 /tmp /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" 720 /var/tmp for d in /var/{cache/man,catman}/{cat?,X11R6/cat?,local/cat?}; do if [ -d "$d" ]; then /usr/sbin/tmpwatch "$flags" -f 720 "$d" fi done
720 = 30 days
what? you mean this dir called /var/tmp is actually for temporary stuff?? man, this system is seriously screwed up...
What else do you use it for?
I think John intended the cmt with <humor></humor>
mark "temporary files are temporary? who'd'a thunk it?"
Probably. But I've seen people using /tmp to store rather important stuff, which is why I asked the question - to get clarity.
Sure. I've also seen people using the Windows trash can for the very same purpose.
In the IT business, there is a word for that kind of people. We call them 'stupid'.
Cheers,
Peter.