14 Nov
2007
14 Nov
'07
03:15
Jeffrey L. Taylor wrote:
Quoting Jaco Carlson
: Can you safely delete all files in /tmp?
Many will be in use. It is not a good idea to delete them. It is safe to delete those from before the last reboot. Reboot, not resume from suspend/hibernate.
A files which is in use will not be re-allocated until after the process which is using it does a close() on the file handle. Unless a program is written very stupidly (close a tmp file, and then attempts to re-open it), removing files in /tmp should be entirely safe. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org