On Thu, Apr 08, 2021 at 01:09:57PM +0000, Gestió Servidors wrote: >>>> With these files I supposed that a file with more than 10 days in /tmp >>>> would be automatically deleted, but today I have found some files/folders >>>> with more than 10 days. >>>> >>>> What I have done wrong? >>> >>> The test is on access time, not modification. Have they been read in the last 10 days? >> >>And note that a GUI file manager might attempt to read every file in a >>directory in order to determine its type and display the correct icon. > >I have check my /tmp folder with "find ./ -atime +10d" and there are >some folders that appears as "accessed" more than 10 days ago... so I >don't understand why automatic deletion system has not deleted them. > >Thanks. Typically directories are not deleted if not empty. Do those folders contain items that were accessed more recently? -- Jon H. LaBadie jcu at labadie.us