Clearing tmp files

[gup502]

On Fri, 2007-10-12 at 10:34 -0500, 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
> > 
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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.
> 
> -- 
> sktsee
> 
> 

Thanks for all the inputs.  I was a bit worried as when I first used
Mandriva, I got into the trouble for files in /tmp not cleared, the
machine became very unstable.  Then I learnt about I had to physically
set it up.  The default feature in ubuntu is great.

-- 
With best regards,

Terence

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