Robert Hull wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.misc, on Fri 24 March 2006 20:16, Unruh
> <unruh-spam@physics.ubc.ca> wrote:
>
>> Robert Hull <Robert@please.do-not-spam.me.uk> writes:
>>
>>>In comp.os.linux.misc, on Fri 24 March 2006 16:01, Jeremiah DeWitt
>>>Weiner <jdw@panix.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> CWO4 Dave Mann <misterfixit@loveable.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hey Group, I was snooping around my system just now and looked in
>>>>> the /root/tmp folder. There is stuff in there from months ago.
>>>>> When does it ever get emptied?
> [snip]
>>>> Personally, I think 'at reboot' is the best way to do it, but
>>>> reasonable people can and do disagree.
>>>>
>>>But some people want to empty /tmp more than every three years
>>
>> That is what cron is for.
>
> Using cron is indeed a better solution that emptying ~/tmp at reboot -
> which is the point to which my previous comment referred.
>
> Just for the avoidance of doubt, the full sentence implied by my comment
> above would have been:
>
> "But some people want to empty ~/tmp more than every three years
> which is how long they would have to wait were they to adopt
> your suggestion of only emptying it at reboot time"
>
> I hope this helps you to understand my point this time.



I'm clear on the various recommendations. And I thank you all for them
too!. My system runs with an UPS so the only time I reboot is
when I want to do so, which isn't that often. I found that after I did an
rm on the /usr/tmp kde began to complain that it could not find links or
something. Sorry I am being vague, but it was the same message I used to
get when I had the tmp running on a ram drive.

I am being overly concerned, I think. My system is 2x200GB HD's and 3x200GB
Firewires. So I have plenty of space for tmp files. I am still thinking
like I used to think when I had my Heathkit H89.

Thanks you all for the info ... I got educated!

Cheers,

Dave




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