Clearing tmp files

[Peter Garrett]

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 08:04:16 +0200
Mario Vukelic <mario.vukelic at dantian.org> wrote:

> > Is that required in
> > Ubuntu?
> 
> No, /tmp is an virtual filesystem that just exists in RAM and is
> therefore cleaned on every reboot.

Mario, are you confusing tmpfs with /tmp ?

As far as I can see, /tmp is a very real directory on my hard drive, not a
volatile system in RAM . In fact, had I wanted to do so, I could have
made /tmp a separate partition...

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Peter Garrett <peter.garrett at optusnet.com.au>