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Date:      Sun, 5 Dec 1999 12:09:11 -0800 (PST)
From:      David Wolfskill <dhw@whistle.com>
To:        freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG, sean@dreamfire.net
Subject:   Re: Cleaning /tmp during boot
Message-ID:  <199912052009.MAA40447@pau-amma.whistle.com>
In-Reply-To: <384AB0A7.75379294@dreamfire.net>

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>Date: Sun, 05 Dec 1999 10:36:23 -0800
>From: Sean-Paul Rees <sean@dreamfire.net>

>Is it safe to clean /tmp during the boot process, before all of the
>packages and daemons and stuff load?

Well, I normally configure machines running FreeBSD to use mfs for /tmp.

Among other attributes, that tends to enforce the "cleaning" of /tmp
fairly aggressively.

I've not noticed anything unpleasant that could be attributed to that
"aggressive" cleaning....

Cheers,
david
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