On 23/06/14 14:27, Rodney Baker wrote:
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 22:18:57 C wrote:
What is the "right" way to clean up /tmp? [...]
Mount /tmp as a RAM disk (use type tmpfs). That way it starts clean every time the machine boots up.
Works for me...
But not for everyone... I, for example, use 3d animation software which generates literally thousands of temporary files per frame while running pre-rendering physics simulations and the like. This can amount to tens of megabytes for a moderately complex scene of 250 frames (25 seconds.) The software is very good at garbage collection, so they don't hang around once the simulation is completed and "baked", but they have to go to disk not memory while they are needed... It can also take several /days/ to "bake" and render a scene so being able to set a, say, 10-day age limit on /tmp is quite important here. Dx -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org