Date: Fri, 09 Jun 2000 05:08:25 -0400 (EDT) From: John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> To: Bruce Evans <bde@zeta.org.au> Cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org, cvs-committers@FreeBSD.org, Brian Somers <brian@FreeBSD.org>, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven <jruigrok@via-net-works.nl> Subject: Re: cvs commit: src/etc/periodic/daily 110.clean-tmps Message-ID: <200006090908.FAA00627@server.baldwin.CX> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0006082303520.626-100000@besplex.bde.org>
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On 08-Jun-00 Bruce Evans wrote: > On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Jeroen Ruigrok van der Werven wrote: > >> -On [20000608 10:50], Brian Somers (brian@FreeBSD.org) wrote: >> >brian 2000/06/08 01:48:16 PDT >> > >> > Modified files: >> > etc/periodic/daily 110.clean-tmps >> > Log: >> > Clean /tmp and /var/tmp if $clear_tmp_enable is set to YES in rc.conf >> >> I disagree with this on the pure and simple notion that it comflicts >> with the description of it in hier(7). > > hier(7) only describes the (not very useful) cleaning that happens at > boot time. > > Periodic cleaning needs to be much more conservative for /var/tmp than > for /tmp (if clear_tmp_enable is set). /tmp may be fully cleaned without > warning at any time because the system may crash at any time :-). Well, that's not quite the same, though. If a program is using a file in /tmp, the program doesn't stop just because the cron job is run, but it does stop for the crash. > Bruce -- John Baldwin <jhb@FreeBSD.org> -- http://www.FreeBSD.org/~jhb/ PGP Key: http://www.cslab.vt.edu/~jobaldwi/pgpkey.asc "Power Users Use the Power to Serve!" - http://www.FreeBSD.org/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe cvs-all" in the body of the message
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