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? oh my, I didn't think it would be necessary but I really should have put a smiley there... the limits of email I guess. as Mark rightly surmised, yes it was an attempt at humor.