[CentOS] /tmp directory

Jerry Geis geisj at pagestation.com
Sat Dec 8 12:37:32 UTC 2012



On 12/08/2012 06:11 AM, Reindl Harald wrote:
>
> Am 07.12.2012 19:55, schrieb Jerry Geis:
>> Is there something that "automatically" removes files in the /tmp
>> directory on a scheduled basis? Perhaps like at the start of the month
>> or something.
> yes, tmpwatch
>
>> I had a number of files stored there and they are just gone. Very odd
> *lol* some people still need to learn it the hardway that
> the sys /tmp folder is NOT A DATASTORAGE
>
>

Yep - got me. Luckily I had other copied of the items. Just not on the 
machine I needed
it at the time.

Thanks,

Jerry



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