Clearing tmp files
gup502
gup502 at yahoo.com.au
Sun Oct 14 04:16:26 UTC 2007
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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