cleaning /tmp directory

[Bill Davidsen]

Wolfgang S. Rupprecht wrote:
> Gregory Hosler <ghosler at redhat.com> writes:
>> On 03/31/2010 09:52 PM, Maurizio Marini wrote:
>>> Hi there
>>> i need a cron script that cleans every day crap into /tmp
>>> I have there a lot of temp files but i dunno which ones can be safely wiped, 
>>> and it is very time comsuming job, too.
>>> Any script written by someone of you will be very apreciated :)
>>> tia
>>> Maurizio
>> There already is a cron that will delete file out of /tmp that are 10 days old.
> 
> In addition, at shutdown time everything in /tmp is fair game for
> deletion.  As one of the last things done on all my machines I clean out
> /tmp.  In my case the reason isn't space, but clutter.  With the default
> /tmp cleaning, things build up to such a level that downloaded files
> that I only want to look at once are hard to find (such as pdf files
> etc).
> 
> Put this in /sbin/halt.local mode 755.
> 
I don't think the OP wanted overkill once in a while, scalpel rather than 
hammer. I think cruft is the target, and without a reboot.


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