Files left over by CUPS in /tmp - bug?

[Steve Grace]

On 05/06/2012 07:40 AM, Chris Green wrote:
> I have many, many symbolic links left in /tmp by CUPS, for example:-
>
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a9362c3f ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a9363755 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a9364016 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a98d2cb7 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a98d7644 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a98d92cb ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:44 4f9a6a98db026 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa13fb05 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa140492 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa140d0b ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa141525 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa769d5d ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa77012b ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa77361f ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>      lrwxrwxrwx 1 chris chris 24 2012-04-27 10:45 4f9a6aa7769d8 ->  /etc/cups/ppd/HP1320.ppd
>
> There are almost 100 of them there now.  While it's not a big issue on
> the wasted space front it is a bit of a nuisance when looking in /tmp
> for files which should be there.  It looks like a bug to me, if it is I
> will report it.

I saw this on my system as well, but only for the first three jobs I ran 
before I made changes to not save print jobs. I always do the following 
on a new system:

1. Add the following line to /etc/cups/cupsd.conf:

    PreserveJobHistory  No

    The change takes effect on the next boot (there's probably a way to 
just restart CUPS, too).

2. Clear any existing print jobs:

    rm /var/spool/cups/c*

I hope this helps.