Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:40:20 -0700 From: Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clean up / filesystem Message-ID: <op.vkbkpinqesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> In-Reply-To: <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org> References: <op.vkakpz1j0i70i3@win7x64.mshome.net> <19632.463.52069.211565@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <op.vkbisimcesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org>
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:38:41 -0700, Arthur Chance <freebsd@qeng-ho.org> wrote: > On 10/09/10 17:58, Caleb Stein wrote: >> On Fri, 08 Oct 2010 22:46:55 -0700, Robert Huff <roberthuff@rcn.com> >> wrote: > [Full /tmp discussion snipped] >> >> So is it safe to do "rm -rf /tmp/*"? > > Not if running an X desktop, as all sorts of things get stuck in /tmp > that are needed. In single user mode it should be safe, and it probably > is when simply running on the console. > > As a long term solution, if you wish to clear /tmp every reboot add > > clear_tmp_enable="YES" # Clear /tmp at startup. > > to your /etc/rc.conf > Ok, so it won't hurt X as long as I clear /tmp/ while X isn't running?
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?op.vkbkpinqesa1c5>