/tmp running out of space

[Ed Greshko]

Anne Wilson wrote:
> /tmp is filling up rapidly.  I'm guessing that it would be safe enough to 
> delete everything dated previous to the last bootup.  Am I right?

The most logical question is, what is /tmp filling up with?  I can't say
that in a normally operating system I've seen /tmp filling up "rapidly"
without a cause and I'm not the one to go willy-nilly deleting things
without known why they are being created.