Clearing tmp files

[sktsee]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 11:40 +0800, gup502 wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I come from Mandriva.  There is an option to set the system to clear
> temp files at boot.  If that is not selected, the temp files will
> quickly add up.  I do not see that option in Ubuntu. Is that required in
> Ubuntu?
> 
> Cheers.
> 
> Terence
> 
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> 
> 

The option is set by the variable "TMPTIME" in /etc/default/rcS. By
default it's set to 0 so that tmp is cleaned (with some exceptions) on
each reboot. man rcS for more info.

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