Date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:02:03 -0700 From: Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Clean up / filesystem Message-ID: <op.vkbzlpm1esa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> In-Reply-To: <20101010001611.ed9bc12b.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <op.vkakpz1j0i70i3@win7x64.mshome.net> <19632.463.52069.211565@jerusalem.litteratus.org> <op.vkbisimcesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> <4CB0A8A1.5040904@qeng-ho.org> <op.vkbkpinqesa1c5@win7x64.mshome.net> <20101010001611.ed9bc12b.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:16:11 -0700, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > On Sat, 09 Oct 2010 10:40:20 -0700, Caleb Stein <caleb.stein@me.com> > wrote: >> Ok, so it won't hurt X as long as I clear /tmp/ while X isn't running? > > Correct, no problem. > > It *may* be possible that some programs save files to /tmp, even > if it is NOT to be assumed that those files survive a reboot. > The content of /tmp is to be seen as easily flammable. :-) > > X itself does use /tmp mainly for /tmp/.X0-lock as well as the > /tmp/.font-unix/, /tmp/.X11-unix/, /tmp/.ICE-unix/, /tmp/.XIM-unix/ > and other subtrees that get generated anyway when not present > at X startup. > > Make sure *YOU* don't have any important files in there. :-) > > > Ok, thanks for the info. I've added clear_tmp_enable="YES" to rc.conf, so hopefully, after a reboot, I'll stop seeing the annoying message.
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