On Friday 17 September 2004 01:07, cms wrote:
On Thursday 16 September 2004 16:42, Patrick Shanahan wrote:
Hi Chris,
If it is space that concerns you, there is a cron setting available in yast2 that will clean the contents of /tmp on system boot.
yast2 -> Editor for /etc/sysconfig files -> System -> Cron -> CLEAR_TMP_DIRS_AT_BOOTUP
I have, usually when updating kde system files, dropped to runlevel 1 and deleted the entire contents of /tmp before returning to runlevel 5.
Everything in /tmp necessary for the system will be recreated.
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Actually, that was going to be my next question; whether or not the temp files necessary for the system to function properly, such as the kde temp files, would be recreated if I cleaned the /tmp directory.
Dive into the FSH (File System Hierarchy) if you really want to know. IIAIC, /tmp is for temporary files that do not have to survive a reboot /var/tmp is for temporary files that do have to survive a reboot Cheers, Leen