From kde-linux Fri Oct 27 05:29:05 2006 From: "Aphofis.com - Network Operations Centre" Date: Fri, 27 Oct 2006 05:29:05 +0000 To: kde-linux Subject: [kde-linux] The /tmp folder and its contents - what can I delete Message-Id: <1161926945.18429.6.camel () multivac-2 ! aphofis ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-linux&m=116192701613479 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============1601703503==" --===============1601703503== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=sha1; protocol="application/x-pkcs7-signature"; boundary="=-fIkVhDp11vF03m5+EgW4" --=-fIkVhDp11vF03m5+EgW4 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-Q8ncPxW/ZUVTj/0O7o/x" --=-Q8ncPxW/ZUVTj/0O7o/x Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My /tmp directory is growing with various logs and contains many other files - Ordinarily I would have NO hesitation in periodically deleting the contents of most /tmp directories however as I relatively new to Linux I am concerned if this will cause problems. I ask the same question about the /var/tmp directory which grows and grows with significant impact to the amount of space its taking up. There are a massive number of sub directories below /var/tmp as well as an abundant number of files in that directory. I am using KDE 3.5.1 Level "a" and my distro is SUSE Linux 10.1 Scott Couston Nework Operations Centre - Aphofis.com --=-Q8ncPxW/ZUVTj/0O7o/x Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable My /tmp directory is growing with various logs and contains many other file= s - Ordinarily I would have NO hesitation in periodically deleting the cont= ents of most /tmp directories
however as I relatively new to Linux I am concerned if this will cause prob= lems. I ask the same question about the /var/tmp directory which grows and = grows with significant impact to the amount of space its taking up. There a= re a massive number of sub directories below /var/tmp as well as an abundan= t number of files in that directory.

I am using KDE 3.5.1 Level "a" and my distro is SUSE Linux 10.1
Scott Couston
Nework Operations Centre - Aphofis.com
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