On Mon, Dec 10, 2012 at 6:58 PM, <m.roth at 5-cent.us> wrote: > Rudi Ahlers wrote: >>>>> Am 10.12.2012 um 11:22 schrieb John Doe: >>>>>> From: Jerry Geis <geisj at 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. -- Kind Regards Rudi Ahlers SoftDux Website: http://www.SoftDux.com Technical Blog: http://Blog.SoftDux.com Cell: 082 554 7532 Fax: 086 268 8492