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List:       suse-kde
Subject:    Re: [suse-kde] Files/Subdirectories in /tmp
From:       Leendert Meyer <leen.meyer () home ! nl>
Date:       2004-09-16 23:32:47
Message-ID: 200409170132.47291.leen.meyer () home ! nl
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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.
>
> ---snip---
>
> 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

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