Clearing tmp files

[sktsee]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 09:53 -0700, NoOp wrote:
> On 10/12/2007 08:34 AM, sktsee wrote:
> > 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
> >> 
> >> Send instant messages to your online friends http://au.messenger.yahoo.com 
> >> 
> >> 
> > 
> > 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.
> > 
> 
> Sometimes it's a double-edged sword...
> 
> You might find this an interesting read:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/firefox/+bug/15179
> 
> Over on the OpenOffice lists there have been many reports of some
> student losing an essay because OOo saves to /tmp & then /tmp gets wiped
> on startup. Obvious fix is to simply made a directly in home and reset
> the path in OOo (Tools|Options|OOo|Path) to the new temp directory. Same
> thing happens on Windows - they do all the work, faithfully setting the
> recover options to save every 15 min or so, then poof, they lose
> power/whatever and expect their work to have been saved... except /tmp
> is cleaned on reboot.
> 
> Personally, I prefer to have /tmp cleaned on reboot... just be aware of
> applications that use /tmp rather than their own /tmp directory.
> 
> 
> 
Huh, I hadn't noticed that. It's kinda odd given that OOo creates a
structure under ~/.openoffice.org2/user which includes a temp directory.
Oh well, \me sets temp path in OOo to ~/.openoffice.org2/user/temp.
Thanks for the tip!

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sktsee