-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On May 14, 2001 03:12 pm, Mads Martin Jørgensen wrote:
* scc
[May 14. 2001 11:10]: Hi everyone
Can I delete the contents of /tmp from time to time without upsetting the system?
I use it for downloading stuff, but then delete it when installed or no longer needed. Konqueror, xcdroast and kde seem to leave amazing amounts of stuff there.
/tmp is supposed to be wiped out with no reason whatsoever. So feel free to clean it up ;)
Watch out for programs that are actually using entries. I've before entirely wiped /tmp and found that MySQL wasn't working. I had to restart MySQL. Now I wipe everything but /tmp/mysql.sock. :-)* Actually, I wipe anything older than my uptime or over a month old, whatever's shorter. - -- James Oakley Engineering - SolutionInc Ltd. joakley@solutioninc.com http://www.solutioninc.com -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7ACRM+FOexA3koIgRAqp3AJ9gZG3ZVCZEOtkuR7W5eDYvYf1n8ACdGCHO QolbFDdJMY5CCtspogJnQGI= =+cgJ -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----